Dhadak 2 review: A poignant story that’s not for the faint hearted!

Starring Siddhanth Chaturvedi and Tripti Dimri, Dhadak 2 is a hard hitting reality check on the brutal caste system in India and so much more!

Dhadak 2 review: “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty”, this quote by Thomas Jefferson opens Shazia Iqbal’s Dhadak 2 on the big screen and, much to my surprise, the movie does stay true to that sentence throughout. In 2018, we had Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter starrer Dhadak release on the big screen. It was a remake of Nagraj Manjule’s hit Marathi film Sairat. Dhadak was not only a half hearted remake of Sairat, it was also a quintessential Dharma love story that is usually away from reality. Dhadak 2, on the other hand, does far better than the first part in terms of staying true to the story. 

The story centers around Nilesh (Siddhanth Chaturvedi), a dhol waala who belongs to the Dalit community and aspires to get into a law college so he can give his family a better life. He meets Vidhi (Tripti Dimri) at college and the two instantly find solace and connection in their everyday conversations. But as they fell in love and the romance starts to kick in, so do the realities of how their relationship would be accepted in society. Vidhi comes from a rather privileged family and hence like every love story that faces obstacles, this one too had to face the wrath of evil relatives. If you’re going to watch Dhadak 2 for the romance, let me tell you, this isn’t one that’s going to give you the dreamy sequences you expect in a Dharma movie. Rather, it uses the romance as a tool to talk about something way more important.

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The suppression and the injustice against the Dalit community is one we've heard of for years. But as we go on to live our privileged lives, we don’t even realize how little we know about the sheer disrespect they face in society even today. Dhadak 2 gives you a graphic portrayal of the same and it makes you uncomfortable and look away many a times in the film. The fear to even think of having a big dream is heart breaking to watch and no amount of trigger warnings can really prepare you for the emotionally intense sequences. Siddhanth Chaturvedi carries the film from start to end and this might just be his next best performance post Gully Boy. After frivolous brain rot content like Bad Newz and Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Waala Video, Tripti Dimri finally portrays a promising character on-screen. Saurabh Sachdeva’s character as the serial killer, who believes he is cleaning society, reminded me a lot of Bob Biswaas from Kahaani. Both characters have the tendency to show up on-screen when you least expect them to and their nonchalance of going back to their normal lives with no remorse is rather spooky. 

Having said that, Dhadak 2 also has its misses. While the premise is strong, it still succumbs to stereotypes like putting on dark make up on the male lead just to making him look poor and from a lower caste. But as the movie unfolds further, you let these things take a backseat and look at the bigger picture. Some movies are made to entertain, while some are made to educate. And Dhadak 2 falls in the latter. While the intensity of it might not be everyone’s cup of tea, it still is a pivotal story to be told today!

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