But when Sonu falls in love with Dr Jhanvi ( Esha Gupta) and manages to woo her, he wants to leave the life of crime and settle down. Although helping Pratap puts Sonu in jail for a little time, he continues to purvey the ACP with information about illegal arms racket as he has no other choice.
When he is interrogated by a tough cop, ACP Pratap Raghuvanshi ( Randeep Hooda), he turns informer for the latter. The story follows Sonu Dilli ( Emraan Hashmi), a street-smart, small time arms dealer in Delhi who has the gift of gab. Gupta was nominated for the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performance. The film netted ₹449.6 million (US$6.3 million) domestically. Jannat 2 marked Gupta's film debut and did extremely well at the box office. The film's final worldwide gross reached to ₹799 million (US$11 million). It was theatrically released on with mixed reviews from critics.
Set in New Delhi, the story of the film is about the issues of illegal arms in the city. Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta and Randeep Hooda are featured in lead roles. Produced by brothers Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt on a budget of ₹200 million (US$2.8 million), it is a sequel to the 2008 successful film Jannat. Jannat 2 (translation: Heaven 2) is an Indian 2012 Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Kunal Deshmukh and distributed by Fox Star Studios.
