# Awarapan 2 earns Rs 55 crore in two days, producer defends casting 2026-08-15T21:16:48+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets (3 source reports) Emraan Hashmi's Awarapan 2 has earned Rs 55 crore in its first two days, producer Vishesh Bhatt told Zoom. Bhatt said the film is not a cash grab, adding that no distributor came forward to buy it and the team invested their own money. Bhatt defended casting Disha Patani opposite Hashmi, saying her character is deliberately different from Shriya Saran's in the original. He said Patani was a good fit for the modern role. The Federal's review, however, called the sequel an overlong melodrama designed for Hashmi's cult fanbase, with a plot similar to Dhurandhar and lacking the original's atheism theme. The film, directed by Nitin Kakkar, also stars Shabana Azmi. Bhatt confirmed he is planning Jannat 3 with Hashmi, with the script currently in progress. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com - timesnownews.com (2) - thefederal.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-15T23:31:08+00:00. Tags: Awarapan 2, Disha Patani, Emraan Hashmi, Jannat 3, Vishesh Bhatt Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/awarapan-2-earns-rs-55-crore-producer-denies-cash-grab/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/awarapan-2-earns-rs-55-crore-producer-denies-cash-grab/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/