It’s not every day that a sequel is announced barely a week after the film’s release. That too, when its box-office earnings haven’t met expectations. But that hasn’t deterred Sunny Deol and director Gopichand Malineni from envisioning Jaat 2, the sequel to their latest actioner Jaat. As we got on a call with the director hours after the announcement, he said that he always intended to take the story forward. “In the film, the last sequence is a lead-in for the sequel. I was confident while shooting Jaat that it will work well for us to make a second part,” he stated. 

All eyes were on Jaat as it saw Deol returning to the big screen after the mammoth success of Gadar 2: The Katha Continues (2023). The actioner, also starring Saiyami Kher, hasn’t exactly taken the box office by storm, having reportedly earned Rs 62 crore so far. Did it fall short of Malineni’s expectation? Yes, he candidly admitted. “The censor clearance got delayed. So, our advance booking window opened only a day before the release. Had it opened two-three days earlier, we would’ve got bigger opening numbers. But since then, it has only grown,” he assessed.'