Ghayal Once Again

About the film

Ghayal: Once Again (transl. Wounded: Once again) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language action drama film written and directed by Sunny Deol and produced by Dharmendra and Jay Dev Banerjee under Vijayta Films. The film, a direct sequel to Ghayal, stars Sunny Deol, Soha Ali Khan, Om Puri, Shivam Patil, Rishabh Arora, Abhilash Kumar, Neha Khan, Aanchal Munjal and Narendra Jha. The soundtrack and musical score were composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and Vipin Mishra, while cinematography and editing were handled by Ravi Yadav and Chandan Arora.

Ghayal: Once Again was released worldwide on 5 February 2016.

Plot

After the events of the previous film, Ajay Mehra gets released from prison and begins a new career as a reporter for an independent newspaper. He also works as a vigilante who assists the police with their hard-to-prosecute cases (including cases where the accused are prominent and influential members of society). One such case involves small town reporter Renu who was drugged and assaulted by media baron Aditya Rajguru. Renu committed suicide and Rajguru's men covered up the matter, implicating her innocent boyfriend. Ajay swings into action and abducts Rajguru, soon forcibly obtaining his DNA. Rajguru is then arrested and Ajay is declared a sensational hero. However, Ajay still suffers anxiety attacks from the painful memories of his past. His psychiatrist girlfriend Dr. Rhea helps him with his problems.

Joe D'Souza has retired and is now a social activist. Ajay often collaborates with him and helps him out. However, D'Souza is killed in a traffic accident in Panvel. A blogger named Zoya Saigal is shocked to discover that Joe was actually shot dead. She had accidentally captured the murder on video, committed by Kabir Raj Bansal, who is the son of business mogul Raj Bansal. Zoya and her friends panic and want to take the video to the cops, but Zoya's friend Anushka's maternal grandfather infers that Raj Bansal had staged the road accident (where 8 other innocent people were killed) and stops them, due to Bansal's power. It is further revealed that D'Souza had visited Raj Bansal and directly accused him of illegal land acquisition. Bansal tried to bribe him, but an argument ensues, where Kabir shot D'Souza in a fit of rage and the accident was covered up.

Bansal realizes that Kabir is still a bratty kid and decides to enrol him into a military school. Following her grandfather's advice, Anushka turns

Production

In 2013 producer Dharmendra expressed his interest to work on the sequel to 1990 film Ghayal, and actor Sunny Deol was supposed to direct the movie, with the title Ghayal Once Again.

Music and soundtrack

The music for the film’s songs was composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and the lyrics of the songs were penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The background score of the movie was done by Vipin Mishra.

Box office

The film had grossed Rs 72.0 million on its first day of release and an estimated Rs 232.5 million by the end of its first weekend, according to film analyst Taran Adarsh.

Sequel

After the release of this film, Sunny Deol expressed his interest to make a third part of this franchise.

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