Dabangg 2 | |
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Directed by | Arbaaz Khan |
Written by | Dilip Shukla[1] |
Produced by | Arbaaz Khan Malaika Arora Khan |
Starring | Salman Khan Sonakshi Sinha Arbaaz Khan Prakash Raj Vinod Khanna |
Cinematography | Aseem Mishra Mahesh Limaye |
Edited by | Hemal Kothari |
Music by | Songs: Sajid–Wajid Score: Sandeep Shirodkar |
Production companies | Arbaaz Khan Productions Stellar Films |
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Running time | 123 minutes[2] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹50 crore[3] |
Box office | ₹253.54 crore[4] |
Dabangg 2 (transl. Fearless 2) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed and produced by Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions.[5] It is a sequel to Dabangg (2010), and the second installment of the Dabangg series. Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Arbaaz Khan, Mahie Gill and Vinod Khanna reprise their roles, while Prakash Raj, Nikitin Dheer, Pankaj Tripathi, Manoj Pahwa and Deepak Dobriyal appear in supporting roles.
Dabangg 2 was theatrically released in India on 21 December 2012 during the Christmas festival. It earned ₹58.3 crore (US$7.0 million) nett in India within three days of its release to break the record of Ek Tha Tiger (2012), another film featuring Salman Khan. Dabangg 2 grossed over ₹253.54 crore (US$30 million) at the worldwide box office, becoming the second highest-grossing Hindi film of 2012 behind Ek Tha Tiger, and one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. The film accumulated ₹155 crore (US$19 million) nett and was termed a "blockbuster" by Box Office India. The third film in the franchise titled Dabangg 3 was released in December 2019.
The movie is said to be made at a budget of Rs 50 crore and it also marks Arbaaz Khan's directional debut.