2018 action-drama Satyameva Jayate, starring John Abraham in the lead, not only impressed the audience but raked in decent numbers at the box-office as well, becoming the fifth highest opener of 2018. Interestingly, the makers are now back with a film's sequel nine months post its release. While John remains the epicentre of the sequel too, he is all set to romance Divya Khosla Kumar in the Milap Zaveri directorial unlike the first part, which featured Aisha Sharma as the female lead.
“Milap had fleshed our strong characters for John and Manoj Bajpayee in the first part. This time, he has written a memorable leading role for Divya. While SMJ 2 will still pack a lot of punches, this time around it will be a commercial family entertainer with a patriotic flavour. What drew her to the project is that the role is integral to the narrative and will present her in an interesting light,” a leading daily quoted a source as saying.
For the unversed, Divya made her debut in 2004 film Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo opposite Akshay Kumar but after marrying T-series honcho Bhushan Kumar in 2005, she went behind the scenes. In 2014, she helmed the coming-of-age musical romance Yaariyan followed by Sanam Re, two years later. Now with SMJ 2, Divya is all set to return to acting. “Today it is content that sells and so this is the right time for Divya to be back in the spotlight,” the source added.
Meanwhile, the final draft of SMJ 2 has reportedly been locked by the filmmaker and it will go on floors once Miap wraps up Sidharth Malhotra's Marjaavaan, which is slated to release on October 2, 2019.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
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