‘Awa apa ‘,
sta i g
Em aa
Hashmi
a d
Sh iya
Sa a
i
the
lead,
was
a
i te se
oma tic
musical
that
immo talised
the
cha acte s
Shivam
a d
Aliyah.
Di ected
by
Mohit
Su i,
best
k ow
fo
his
deeply
emotio al
oma tic
d amas,
the
film
gave
Bollywood
o e
of
its
most
memo able
love
sto ies.
Despite
bei g
decla ed
a
comme cial
failu e
at
the
box
office,
‘Awa apa ‘
we t
o
to
become
a
cult
favou ite
ove
the
yea s.
O
popula
dema d,
Vishesh
Films
is
ow
b i gi g
its
sequel
to
theat es
this
I depe de ce
Day
weeke d,
with
‘Awa apa
2’
eleasi g
o
August
14.
Disha
Pata i
plays
the
female
lead
i
the
Niti
Kakka
di ecto ial.
Shivam
a d
Aliyah’s
doomed
love
sto y
Awa apa
follows
the
sto y
of
Shivam,
played
by
Em aa
Hashmi,
a
atheist
ga gste
wo ki g
fo
Bha at
Malik,
played
by
Ashutosh
Ra a,
a
powe ful
busi essma
a d
c ime
boss
i
Ho g
Ko g.
Shivam
is
deeply
affected
by
the
death
of
his
beloved,
Aliyah,
essayed
by
Sh iya
Sa a ,
a
devout
Muslim
whose
family
st o gly
opposed
thei
elatio ship.
Despite
the
odds,
Shivam
a d
Aliyah
fall
deeply
i
love,
a d
Shivam
p omises
his
fathe
he
will
leave
his
ga gste
life
behi d
to
sta t
af esh
with
he .
Howeve ,
whe
Aliyah’s
fathe
attempts
to
shoot
Shivam,
the
bullet
st ikes
Aliyah
i stead,
killi g
he
a d
leavi g
Shivam
co sumed
by
g ief
a d
guilt.
Shivam’s
edemptio
th ough
Reema
a d
Bilal
Some
time
late ,
still
u able
to
move
past
the
t agedy,
Shivam
fi ds
himself
emi ded
of
his
i complete
love
sto y
th ough
Reema,
played
by
M i ali i
Sha ma,
Malik’s
mist ess,
who
is
sec etly
i
love
with
a
ma
amed
Bilal.
Whe
Malik
se ses
bet ayal,
he
asks
Shivam,
whom
he
t eats
like
a
so ,
to
mo ito
Reema’s
whe eabouts.
I itially
loyal,
Shivam
i fo ms
Malik
about
the
elatio ship,
p ompti g
Malik
to
o de
both
Reema
a d
Bilal
killed.
Howeve ,
whe
Shivam
co f o ts
Reema,
he
situatio
mi o s
his
ow
u fulfilled
love
sto y
with
Aliyah,
a d
fo
the
fi st
time,
he
disobeys
Malik,
choosi g
to
let
he
live
he
life
with
the
ma
she
loves.
Bet ayal,
sac ifice
a d
Shivam’s
t agic
e d
i
‘Awa apa ‘
Malik
soo
becomes
awa e
of
Shivam’s
bet ayal.
As
Shivam
attempts
to
flee
Ho g
Ko g
with
his
best
f ie d
Kabi ,
played
by
Shaad
Ra dhawa,
Kabi
i itially
deceives
him
by
eveali g
his
escape
pla
to
Malik,
though
he
late
eg ets
the
bet ayal
a d
helps
Shivam
isk
his
life
to
save
Reema
a d
Bilal.
Amid
mou ti g
da ge ,
Malik’s
biological
so
Ro ie
to tu es
Shivam
i
a
attempt
to
fo ce
him
i to
killi g
Reema,
but
Shivam
escapes
a d
takes
shelte
at
a
mo aste y.
Afte
lea i g
of
Malik’s
pla
to
“sell”
Reema,
Shivam
u de goes
a
cha ge
of
hea t,
ultimately
killi g
Malik
to
escue
he .
As
Kabi
sac ifices
his
life
fighti g
off
Ro ie
a d
Malik’s
ga g
to
allow
Reema
a d
Bilal
to
escape
safely
to
Laho e,
Shivam
stays
behi d
to
fight
the
emai i g
attacke s.
Though
he
defeats
them,
he
is
fatally
i ju ed
a d
dies
thi ki g
of
Aliyah,
setti g
up
the
myste y
that
‘Awa apa
2’
is
expected
to
u avel,
explo i g
what
t uly
happe ed
to
Shivam
afte
the
eve ts
of
the
fi st
film.
Mo e
about
‘Awa apa
2’
‘Awa apa
2’
sees
Em aa
Hashmi
ep isi g
his
ole
as
Shivam
Pa dit,
ma ki g
his
much-a ticipated
etu
to
o e
of
his
most
ico ic
cha acte s
ea ly
two
decades
afte
the
o igi al’s
elease.
Besides
Em aa
a d
Disha
Pata i,
who
plays
a
ew
cha acte
amed
Za a,
the
film
also
sta s
Shaba a
Azmi
a d
Suvi de
Vicky
i
sig ifica t
oles.
Di ected
by
Niti
Kakka ,
with
the
sto y
pe ed
by
Bilal
Siddiqui,
the
sequel’s
music
featu es
co t ibutio s
f om
Amaal
Mallik
a d
Mithoo ,
i cludi g
t acks
like
‘Ve
Ju oo ‘
a d
‘Yeh
Awa apa ‘.
The
film
eleases
globally
o
the
eve
of
I depe de ce
Day
2026,
clashi g
at
the
box
office
with
Su y
Deol
a d
P eity
Zi ta
sta e
Pa titio
d ama,
‘Batwa a
1947’.

