Pushpa 2 – The Rule 2024
Sinopsis
As his smuggling empire grows, a brazen Pushpa longs for power and respect on his vengeful journey, while facing old rivals and new.
Cast
- Allu Arjun as Molleti Pushpa Raj
- Master Dhruvan as Young Molleti Pushpa Raj
- Rashmika Mandanna as Srivalli, Pushpa’s wife
- Fahadh Faasil as SP Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat IPS
- Jagapathi Babu as Central Minister Kogatam Veera Pratap Reddy
- Sunil as Mangalam Srinu
- Rao Ramesh as MP Bhumireddy Siddappa Naidu
- Dhananjaya as Jaali Reddy
- Brahmaji as Sub-Inspector Kupparaj
- Ajay as Molleti Mohan Rao, Pushpa’s elder half-brother
- Aadukalam Naren as CM KVM Narasimha Reddy
- Anasuya Bharadwaj as Dakshayani “Daksha”, Mangalam Srinu’s wife
- Kalpa Latha as Parvatamma, Pushpa’s mother
- Adithya Menon as Kogatam Subba Reddy, Pratap Reddy’s younger brother and Bugga Reddy’s father
- Tarak Ponnappa as Kogatam Bugga Reddy,
- Pratap Reddy’s nephew
- Killi Kranthi
- Saurabh Sachdeva as Hameed
- Satya as Japanese translator
- Shanmukh as Jakka Reddy
- Muralidhar Goud
Review
Before I get to the review of Pushpa 2: The Rule, I need to mention that despite a few disagreements with some of the creative choices in Pushpa: The Rise, I found it quite an enjoyable experience. In fact, when Allu Arjun won the Best Actor National award for his performance—a decision that triggered a heated debate among film buffs—I defended it, considering how the actor made admirable use of his physicality to deliver a performance that, when you really think about it, isn’t easy to pull off. And as to the question of whether performances in masala movies deserve awards or not, I say, why not?
Now, with this knowledge and the appearance of Fahadh Faasil in mind, it goes without saying that I went into Pushpa 2: The Rule with considerably raised expectations. And for a while there—and this would comprise the first two hours of its runtime—the film was doing quite a decent job. I would even go so far as to say that I found the storytelling quality in the first couple of hours a major improvement upon that of its predecessor. What we witness here is Allu Arjun and Fahadh Faasil being their quirkiest, most energetic selves, utilising every fibre in their bodies to create situations that alternate between serious and funny.
