Satyameva Jayate

<p>Virendra “Vir” Rathod, a painter, kills corrupt cops by setting them on fire and wins public support for wiping out the corrupt cops without revealing his identity. Worried by the rising burnt and terrified cops, Manish Shukla summons Shivansh Rathod to hunt down the killer. Using a voice altering application, Vir calls Shivansh and threatens to kill a corrupt officer. Shivansh gets tricked into believing a police station would be targeted, while Vir fights off and kills the targeted corrupt cop at a gas station. Shivansh begins investigating and discovers the killing pattern to be as per the acronym and the next target to be from a station beginning with the letter Y. Shivansh and his team locate the station and begin surveillance as they wait for the killer. Vir, disguised as a cop, enters the police station and sets a corrupt cop on fire for torturing an innocent person. Vir manages to flee and meets Shivansh at his home, where it is revealed that Shivansh and Vir are brothers. Vir and Shivansh visit a hospital, where the burnt officer is admitted. An enraged Vir secretly enters the room and kills the officer by setting him on fire again. Vir returns to the bathroom, injures himself and pretends to be attacked by the killer from behind. Later, Shivansh gathers all the corrupt cops at a safe house, but Vir manages to burn them down and proceeds to take Shikha on a date, which gives him an alibi for a day. Later, Vir, covering himself in blood, kills a corrupt cop during , following which Shivansh chases after him and Shivansh explains that Vir’s paintings of terrorized men, which resembled the dead cops, made him realize that Vir is the killer. Vir manages to escape again and captures Shikha as she is revealed to be Shukla’s daughter. Vir calls Shukla and Shivansh, where he makes Shukla pour kerosene on himself. Vir reveals that Shukla was responsible for the death of their father Shiv Rathod as Shiv didn’t allow anyone in the police force to bribe. Vir decides to surrender before Shukla summons his army of cops to eliminate the brothers. Vir kills the cops and corners Shukla and Shivansh reluctantly shoots Vir is furious Shivansh before he can kill Shukla. Realizing the kerosene poured on Shukla’s body is still fresh and finding a match lying near his father’s medal that reads , a wounded Vir kills Shukla by setting him on fire. Shivansh and Shikha approach Vir, who asks Shivansh to recite the oath that Shiv taught them. The brothers recite it together and Vir dies in Shivansh’s arms. The film was released on 15 August 2018 to coincide with . The film was released along with ‘s . It was released on 2500 screens in India. Upon release the songs “Paniyon Sa” and “Tajdar E Haram” both became hits, whereas “Dilbar” became the blockbuster song of the year. The music for the film is composed by , , and while lyrics are penned by , , Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Danish Sabri and . The background score is composed by . The first song of the film, ” ” from the 1999 film originally sung by and composed by has been recreated for this film by Tanishk Bagchi in the voices of , and Ikka. It was released on 4 July 2018. Reinvisioned with influences, and with its music video featuring performing , the song became popular with all versions of the song (including an -language version) having received more than 1 billion views on YouTube. The second song of the film titled as “Paniyon Sa,” which is sung by and was released on 12 July 2018. The third song of the film to be released was ” “, a which was originally composed and sung by , is re – created and sung by , on 26 July 2018. The fourth and the last song, “Tere Jaisa,” sung by Arko Pravo Mukherjee and Tulsi Kumar, was released on 1 August 2018. The soundtrack was released by on 1 August 2018. earned 205.2 million net in India on its opening day, thus setting the records of the highest opening day collection for John Abraham and the fifth highest opener film of 2018 after , , and . In the next four days, it collected , , 9.18 crore and 10.26 crore net in India respectively, taking total opening extended weekend gross collection at 569.1 million. The lifetime collection of the film in India gross is including a nett total collection of . It grossed at the overseas box office in its full run. worldwide gross stands at 1.08 billion A sequel was made with and playing lead roles, and directed by . It was delayed because of , and released on 25 November 2021. Unlike the original, it was a major commercial failure. Zaveri also announced the third part before the second was released.</p>