Despite making a lot of buzz, Aankhen 2 is one of the projects that has not seen the light of the day for various reasons. It was first formally announced in 2016 with Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Arshad Warsi, Ileana D'Cruz, and Regina Cassandra toplining the cast, however, was soon put into thunderbox following the rights issues. The project was later announced with Anees Bazmee on board as the director in 2018 with Bachchan being retained in the cast along with Sidharth Malhotra and later Akshaye Khanna joined. However, the film has been shelved again because of reasons unknown.
Journalist Rahul Raut informed about the update and wrote on Twitter, "#Aankhen2 seems to have hit a roadblock again... The film, after multiple unsuccessful attempts over the years, was supposed to be finally happening with @SrBachchan, @SidMalhotra & #AkshayeKhanna under Abhinav Deo's direction but for reasons unknown it has again been shelved!"
#Aankhen2 seems to have hit a roadblock again... The film, after multiple unsuccessful attempts over the years, was supposed to be finally happening with @SrBachchan, @SidMalhotra & #AkshayeKhanna under Abhinav Deo's direction but for reasons unknown it has again been shelved!
— Rahul Raut (@Rahulrautwrites) April 16, 2021
Aankhen 2 was expected to be bigger and better than its predecessor. While the basic premise was to remain the same, this time the heist was supposed to be centered at a casino. How three visually impaired men carry out the robbery was to be the crux of the story. Abhinay Deo was said to have already started preparing for the film and was supposed to be shooting for it sometime around July this year.
However, with the film now being shelved, all developments have been stoped.
(Source: Twitter)
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