Khuda Haafiz Chapter 2 – Agni Pariksha has a routine story. The director does a superb build-up by introducing menacing characters and giving solid grounds to the protagonist to go and take revenge. But once the revenge begins, it turns into a predictable fare. The first film had a good twist in the second half. Here, there are no twists and moreover, the makers make a mockery out of the villains as they get eliminated fairly easily. Lastly, the action is very disturbing. We have seen blood and gore in several films and it’s a sub-genre in itself. But in this film, the bloodshed and savagery go to another level in a few scenes. Vidyut Jammwal puts his best foot forward. Shivaleeka Oberoi has a challenging part and handles it sensitively. Sadly, she has nothing much to do after a point. Sheeba Chaddha is menacing and does full justice. She is, however, let down by the writing. The same goes for Dibyendu Bhattacharya. Riddhi Sharma is cute while Bodhisattva Sharma (Bacchu Thakur) is decent in the negative role. Rajesh Tailang plays a character, inspired by Ravish Kumar, and is excellent. Rukhsar Rahman (Dr Roshni Acharya) is lovely. Danish Hussain (Talha Ansari; Sameer’s cellmate in the prison), Bachchan Pachehra (Shivram, Ice-cream seller) and Satish Sharma (Inspector Amit Tyagi) are fair. Monica Sharma (Kalki) plays an interesting part and is decent. All in all, Khuda Haafiz Chapter 2 – Agni Pariksha disappoints due to the gore and predictable and unexciting happenings, post-interval.
My rating – ** out of 5!