Rocky, the street kid who rose to rule the gold fields of Kolar at the end of Chapter 1, now holds the mines and the loyalty of the workers. His empire draws enemies: Adheera, a ruthless rival with a claim of his own, and Ramika Sen, a politician whose power is growing fast. The story is told as a narrator recounts it years later.
Movies / Kannada
Classic
KGF: Chapter 2
2022 · Period action
- Release
- 14 April 2022
- Language
- Kannada
- Runtime
- 168 minutes
- Director
- Prashanth Neel
- Writer
- Prashanth Neel
- Producer
- Vijay Kiragandur (Hombale Films)
- Music
- Ravi Basrur
- Budget
- ₹100 crore
- Status
- Released
All-time blockbusters
Why it was a blockbuster
It earned ₹1,200–1,250 crore worldwide, the highest-grossing film of 2022 in India. It set opening-day records in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam, recorded the fourth-highest opening day in India, and passed the lifetime gross of Chapter 1 in two days to become the highest-grossing Kannada film.
At ₹100 crore it was the most expensive Kannada film made at the time. Prashanth Neel kept most of his crew from the first film, with Bhuvan Gowda as cinematographer and Ravi Basrur on music. Sanjay Dutt made his Kannada debut here. It serves as the direct sequel to KGF: Chapter 1 (2018). Sanjay Dutt and Raveena Tandon joined the cast in early 2019, and the ensemble also includes Ayyappa P. Sharma, Archana Jois, Easwari Rao, John Kokken and T. S. Nagabharana. The story is framed as a narration, picked up by a new narrator when the first one falls ill.
Box office
As of 2025.
- Worldwide gross: ₹1,200–1,250 crore.
- Budget: ₹100 crore.
Source: Wikipedia: KGF: Chapter 2 (article revision of 26 September 2026, checked 22 October 2026)
Cast
- YashRaja Krishnappa Bairya “Rocky”
- Sanjay DuttAdheera
- Raveena TandonRamika Sen
- Srinidhi ShettyReena Desai
- Prakash RajVijayendra Ingalagi
- Achyuth KumarGuru Pandian
- Rao RameshKanneganti Raghavan
- Vasishta N. SimhaKamal
- Malavika AvinashDeepa Hegde
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Sources
Last checked 22 October 2026.