Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout

<p>ACP Avinash Verma and his team are assigned a case of a mass shootout that happened at a club named Night Owl Bar in Mumbai. As the team works on the case they realise there is something much bigger and darker at play. commenced in in July 2023. The film was formally announced by ZEE5 in March 2023 when the teaser was released. The trailer of the film was released on April 3, 2024. As a part of the promotions of the film, Manoj Bajpayee hit the streets of in Uttar Pradesh. The film was released on the streaming platform on 16 April 2024. Writing for , praised Manoj Bajpayee’s work stating, “Able to sustain itself through its complement of twists and turns thanks to the solidity that Manoj Bajpayee lends the film.” critic rated 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote “Despite being an intriguing murder mystery suffers due to the long length and certain loose ends.” Mayur Sanap of rated 1/5 stars and observed “Towards the end of the film, when one character exclaims, ‘What a crazy case!’ your sentiments feel validated.” rated the film three out of five stars and wrote that “Overall, in an otherwise average thriller, it is Manoj Bapayee who powers through his solid, assured act”. A critic from gave the film the same rating and wrote that ” definitely deserves a watch if you like murder mysteries. And as always, Manoj Bajpayee is at his finest. It’s worth a watch despite the flaws”. A critic from gave the film the same rating and wrote that “there was real potential and promise in Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout to build something interesting. But the red herrings grow tiresome and the final reveal, in which the antagonist basically reveal all their intentions, drags the story and the film by a good 20 minutes or so”. A critic from rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that ” is a long and tiring watch that simply fails to connect. The performances also fail to match the level of a no-nonsense investigative-thriller”. A critic from rated the film one-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that “The only good part about is the camera work. The camera work is smooth, and it keeps your attention in this poorly written whodunit”. In a review for , Zinia Bandyopadhyay wrote that, in particular because of its dialogues, the film “fails to impress as a crime thriller despite its potential”. Arjun Agarwal, of , stated, “The film throws some twists and turns your way, some predictable, some genuinely surprising. There’s a sense of wanting to be constantly surprised, but a few reveals lack the punch needed to leave you gasping.”</p>