No Ranbir Kapoor in ‘Raajneeti 2’

Bollywood filmmaker Prakash Jha is back with a sequel to his 2010 political satire Raajneeti. The surprising fact is that out of the two protagonists from the prequel Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif only Katrina Kaif will be retained but not her beau Ranbir Kapoor. While Katrina’s character Indu Pratap Singh will continue to centre the plot, Ranbir’s character Samar Pratap Singh has been totally excluded from ‘Raajneeti 2’.

Sources said, “Ranbir Kapoor, whose character, Samar Pratap Singh, leaves India after a messy succession battle which ends with the death of his partner, will stay away from politics. The climax of the original film revealed that Indu was pregnant with her deceased husband Prithviraj Pratap Singh’s (Arjun Rampal) child. Part 2 will be her journey. And while the original reportedly borrowed its plot from Sonia Gandhi’s entry to politics, the second film will look at the recent power shift in the country.”

Prakash Jha too had stated earlier, “Ajay’s character, like Manoj Bajpai’s and Arjun Rampal’s is dead. I don’t know if Ranbir’s character will return. Katrina’s Indu is now the Chief Minister and Raajneeti 2 will start with her. Then we’ll have other family members coming in.”

‘Raajneeti 2’ is expected to go on floors by year end.