Bollywood Movie Race 2 Wikipedia

Race 2 is an upcoming Indian action thriller film to be directed by Abbas-Mustan and produced under the Tips Music Films banner. It is the sequel to the 2008 hit film, Race, starring an ensemble cast that includes Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez, Ameesha Patel. It is all set to release on November 30, 2012.

Cast

• Anil Kapoor as Inspector Robert D'Costa
• Saif Ali Khan as Ranvir Singh
• John Abraham
• Deepika Padukone
• Jacqueline Fernandez
• Ameesha Patel
• Sanjay Dutt
• Chunky Pandey
• Rajesh Khattar
• Bipasha Basu as Sonia (As guest appearance)

Casting

After the success of Race (2008), Ramesh Taurani registered Race 2 as a title

and Abbas-Mustan said that they would go ahead with a sequel "if we get a script

in place which is even better than the original."^[2] The screenplay was written by

Shiraz Ahmed who also wrote Race. Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor were the first to

sign on to the film in November 2009 and were reported to be the only returning cast

members from the first film.^[3] In June 2010, John Abraham was signed on to play the

antagonist and Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra were approached to co-star opposite

Khan and Abraham respectively.^[4][5] However, Kapoor turned down the role as she didn't want

her pairing with Khan to get repetitive and Chopra was replaced by Deepika Padukone due to

scheduling conflicts.^[6]In December 2010, Sonakshi Sinha was cast as a replacement for Kapoor.

^[7] Chitrangda Singh was approached for a role opposite Anil Kapoor in May 2011 but eventually

dropped out due to unspecified reasons.^[8] Ameesha Patel and Mallika Sherawat were considered

for that same role but it ultimately went to Patel.^[9][10]

The film's shooting was set to begin on October 5, 2011 but got postponed to accommodate

Deepika Padukone's dates causing scheduling conflicts with Sonakshi Sinha.^[12] Sinha's dates

conflicted with her filming schedule for Dabangg 2 (2012), forcing her to drop out. Priyanka Chopra

was rumored to be re-offered the part that she was initially offered as a replacement for Padukone

but the producers denied these rumors and confirmed that Padukone's dates have been worked out.

Following Sinha's ouster, Jacqueline Fernandez,Nargis Fakhri, and Zarine Khan were rumored to be

considered as a replacement but it is Fernandez who finally bagged the role.^[13]Shortly afterwards,

it was announced that Bipasha Basu would be reprising her role as Sonia in a cameo appearance,

and continuing to be Khan's girlfriend. Despite rumours suggesting that Basu will be sharing screen

space with ex-boyfriend John Abraham for the first after their breakup, Abraham denied this.^[14][15][16]

Filming

The film's first shooting schedule began on November 5, 2011 in Mumbai for 15 days, wrapping

up on the 20th.^[17] Meanwhile, Sanjay Dutt joined the cast of the film.^[18] The second schedule

commenced on January 23, 2012 in Mumbai. However, Deepika Padukone dropped out within

six days of filming because the film was always being rescheduled.^[19] Henceforth, the film's

producerRamesh Taurani released a statement to the media deeming Padukone's behavior as

"unethical, unprofessional and unacceptable".^[20] According to reports, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena

Kapoor and Chitrangda Singh, the original choices for the film, were approached to replace Padukone.

It was also rumored that Asin Thottumkal was shortlisted for that part.^[21] However, Padukone and Taurani

agreed on a settlement after much negotiation and the filming continued as planned