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'''''Sadak 2''''' ({{IPA-|hi|sə.ɽək 2}}; {{Translation|''Road 2''}}) is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language [[action thriller film|action thriller]] [[road film]] directed by [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and produced by [[Fox Star Studios]] and [[Mukesh Bhatt]] under their banner [[Vishesh Films]]. A sequel to the 1991 film ''[[Sadak]]'', it stars [[Sanjay Dutt]] (reprising his role from the original), [[Alia Bhatt]] and [[Aditya Roy Kapur]] in the lead roles with an ensemble supporting cast, while [[Pooja Bhatt]] makes a special appearance.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/confirmed-alia-bhatt-starrer-sadak-2-go-floor-may-2019/ |title=CONFIRMED! Alia Bhatt starrer Sadak 2 to go on floor in May 2019 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=8 April 2019 |access-date=8 April 2019 |archive-date=8 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408163914/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/confirmed-alia-bhatt-starrer-sadak-2-go-floor-may-2019/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/movies-to-look-forward-to/alia-bhatt-to-start-shooting-for-sadak-2-from-may-2019/photostory/68780965.cms |title=Alia Bhatt to start shooting for 'Sadak 2' from May 2019 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=8 April 2019 |access-date=8 April 2019 |archive-date=24 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824210251/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/movies-to-look-forward-to/alia-bhatt-to-start-shooting-for-sadak-2-from-may-2019/photostory/68780965.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> The film marks Mahesh Bhatt's return as a director after 20 years.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Lohana|first=Avinash|date=2 May 2019|title=Exclusive: It's Alia Bhatt vs a fake godman in Sadak 2|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/exclusive-its-alia-bhatt-vs-a-fake-godman-in-sadak-2/articleshow/69137473.cms|access-date=2 May 2019|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502052247/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/exclusive-its-alia-bhatt-vs-a-fake-godman-in-sadak-2/articleshow/69137473.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The film's story takes place twenty-nine years after the events of its predecessor.

The film's trailer was released on 12 August 2020 on [[YouTube]], and within a week, it became the [[List of most-disliked YouTube videos|second most-disliked video]] and the most-disliked film teaser/trailer on the platform due to internet users protesting [[nepotism]] in [[Cinema of India|Bollywood]] after the [[death of Sushant Singh Rajput]].<ref name="nepo1">{{cite news |title=As nepotism debate rages on, Sadak 2 trailer bears the brunt |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/as-nepotism-debate-rages-on-sadak-2-trailer-bears-the-brunt-11597300822215.html |access-date=19 August 2020 |work=Mint |date=13 August 2020 |archive-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009135202/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/as-nepotism-debate-rages-on-sadak-2-trailer-bears-the-brunt-11597300822215.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nepo2">{{Cite web |date=13 August 2020 |title=Alia Bhatt's Sadak 2 the most disliked trailer on YouTube amid nepotism debate, fans demand justice for Sushant Singh Rajput |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/alia-bhatt-s-sadak-2-is-the-most-disliked-trailer-on-youtube-as-fans-demand-justice-for-sushant-singh-rajput/story-iEvKT1u4XhRDsM9RvtN8CJ.html |access-date=13 August 2020 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=13 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813081256/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/alia-bhatt-s-sadak-2-is-the-most-disliked-trailer-on-youtube-as-fans-demand-justice-for-sushant-singh-rajput/story-iEvKT1u4XhRDsM9RvtN8CJ.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title='Sadak-2' by Mahesh Bhatt is Now the Second Most Disliked Video in the World, Beats Justin Bieber |url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/sadak-2-by-mahesh-bhatt-is-now-the-second-most-disliked-video-in-the-world-beats-justin-bieber-2793579.html |access-date=19 August 2020 |website=News18 |date=19 August 2020 |archive-date=20 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820215931/https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/sadak-2-by-mahesh-bhatt-is-now-the-second-most-disliked-video-in-the-world-beats-justin-bieber-2793579.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Sadak 2'' was released on 28 August 2020 on the streaming platform [[Disney+ Hotstar]] in India and in U.S. theaters by [[Gravitas Ventures]].<ref name="release">{{Cite web |date=6 August 2020 |title=Alia Bhatt announces Sadak 2 premiere on August 28 on Disney+ Hotstar |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/news/bollywood/alia-bhatt-announces-sadak-2-premiere-on-august-28-on-disney-hotstar/ |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809234639/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/news/bollywood/alia-bhatt-announces-sadak-2-premiere-on-august-28-on-disney-hotstar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was panned by critics, with criticism for its performance, script, dialogues and use of clichés.<ref name="roundup">{{cite news |title=Alia Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt's Sadak 2 Becomes Lowest-rated Film of All Time on IMDb With 1.1 Score |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/alia-bhatt-and-mahesh-bhatts-sadak-2-becomes-lowest-rated-film-of-all-time-on-imdb-with-1-1-score-2829963.html |publisher=News18 |date=29 August 2020 |access-date=29 August 2020 |archive-date=29 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829223150/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/alia-bhatt-and-mahesh-bhatts-sadak-2-becomes-lowest-rated-film-of-all-time-on-imdb-with-1-1-score-2829963.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It marked the final directorial work of Mahesh Bhatt.

Aarya Desai ([[Alia Bhatt]]) vandalises a placard of Guru Gyaan Prakash ([[Makarand Deshpande]]). She is stopped by her step-mother Nandini and father Yogesh ([[Jisshu Sengupta]]) and Gyaan Prakash's ashram people. Ravi Kishore Verma ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), now an elderly man has recently lost his love and wife, Pooja ([[Pooja Bhatt]]). He attempts suicide and gets hospitalised. Ravi refuses when the doctor asks him to admit himself in a mental rehab. Aarya runs away, and enters Ravi's home, stating she'd booked [[Kailash]] 3 months before.

''Sadak 2''{{'}}s trailer was released on August 12, 2020, and faced [[vote brigading]] owing to the [[nepotism]] [[debate]] sparked after the [[Death of Sushant Singh Rajput|death of Indian actor Sushant Singh Rajput]]. [[Sushant Singh Rajput|Rajput]] was initially considered to play the lead role opposite [[Alia Bhatt]], but in the end he was not chosen. Speculating that Rajput had been upset over being shut out of the film industry, due to hiring practices that favored children of established film personalities, Rajput's fans blamed notable people in Bollywood, including ''Sadak 2'' director Mahesh Bhatt and his daughter Alia.<ref name="nepo1" /><ref name="nepo2" /><ref name="dislike">{{Cite web|title=Why The Internet Is Hitting 'Dislike' On Alia Bhatt's Sadak 2 Trailer|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/why-the-internet-is-hitting-dislike-on-alia-bhatts-sadak-2-trailer-2278443|access-date=12 August 2020|website=NDTV.com|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812140440/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/why-the-internet-is-hitting-dislike-on-alia-bhatts-sadak-2-trailer-2278443|url-status=live}}</ref> Within two days of its release, the trailer had received 5.3&nbsp;million dislikes on [[YouTube]] and became the [[List of most-disliked YouTube videos|second most disliked video]] within a week's time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 August 2020|title='Sadak 2' Beats Jake Paul and PewDiePie to Become the Most Disliked YouTube Video in India|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/sadak-2-beats-jake-paul-and-pewdiepie-to-become-the-most-disliked-youtube-video-in-india-2782675.html|access-date=13 August 2020|website=news18.com|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815070110/https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/sadak-2-beats-jake-paul-and-pewdiepie-to-become-the-most-disliked-youtube-video-in-india-2782675.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=19 August 2020|title=Sadak 2 by Mahesh Bhatt is Now the Second Most Disliked Video in the World, Beats Justin Bieber|work=News18|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/sadak-2-by-mahesh-bhatt-is-now-the-second-most-disliked-video-in-the-world-beats-justin-bieber-2793579.html|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820215931/https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/sadak-2-by-mahesh-bhatt-is-now-the-second-most-disliked-video-in-the-world-beats-justin-bieber-2793579.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2023, the trailer has received 14 million dislikes.{{Cn|date=May 2024}}

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