Jolly LLB 2

The State vs. Jolly LL.B. 2, better known as Jolly LLB 2, is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language black comedy legal drama film written and directed by Subhash Kapoor as a sequel to his 2013 film Jolly LLB. Akshay Kumar plays the titular character, Jagdishwar Mishra, replacing the 2013 film's lead actor, Arshad Warsi, while Huma Qureshi, Annu Kapoor and Kumud Mishra, as well as Saurabh Shukla, who reprises his role from the 2013 original, star. Based in Lucknow, the story follows a lawyer who fights a case against a ruthless and powerful advocate to bring justice to the deceased victim of a fake encounter involving a corrupt police officer and a terrorist presumed dead.

Jolly LL.B. 2 opened worldwide on 10 February 2017, and made on an investment of ₹450 million (US$5.3 million), earned ₹2 billion (US$24 million) worldwide to become a major critical and commercial success, with praise for the writing and execution by Subhash Kapoor, as well as the performances of Kumar, Shukla and Kapoor, as well as Mishra.

A third instalment of the franchise has been planned, with Kumar, Warsi and Shukla returning in the key roles.