Aashiqui 2 (2013) on Netflix
Rahul Jaykar is a pop singer whose career is fading because of his drinking. In a Goa bar he hears Aarohi Keshav Shirke sing and promises to make her a star.
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- IMDb7.1/1039,044 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes17%
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Plot summary
Rahul Jaykar's singing career is fading because of his drinking, and a stage show in Goa goes wrong when Aryan interrupts him mid-song. Rahul fights him, walks off and drives to a bar. There he hears Aarohi Keshav Shirke, a bar singer who idolizes him, studying a photograph of Lata Mangeshkar. Taking her for an aspiring singer, he is impressed by her voice, tells her to stop performing in bars and promises to make her a sensation. She gives up the job and moves to Mumbai with him, where he presses the record producer Saigal to meet her. When she telephones him, thugs are attacking him and he cannot answer; his friend and manager Vivek keeps the assault quiet and lets it be reported that Rahul has gone abroad for stage shows.
Cast
- Milind Pathakas Keshav Shirke
- Parth Akerkaras Shankar Sir
- Chitrak Bandyopadhyayas Salim Bhai
- Ashish Bhattas News Reporter
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Aashiqui 2 (2013)
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- During filming in South Africa, Shraddha Kapoor needed medical attention after kneeling on broken glass fragments during a scene with Aditya Roy Kapur, and Kapur also burned his hand while filming a scene where the pair lit Chinese lanterns in Cape Town.
- Producers launched a nationwide talent hunt for new faces and initially refused to hire established actors, but scrapped it after unimpressive auditions; Mahesh Bhatt called it "a disastrous talent hunt," saying amateurs tried out while talented actors feared public rejection.
- Aashiqui 2 became the highest-grossing production for the Bhatt brothers and the Vishesh Films banner, a record it held until Awarapan 2 surpassed it in 2026.
- The film gained cult status after its 2013 release; its soundtrack topped the charts, and it marked a career breakthrough for Arijit Singh as a leading singer.
- Rather than release a trailer first, the makers released the songs before it; the first, "Tum Hi Ho," came out on 16 March 2013, became an instant hit and trended on Twitter and YouTube, helping market the film.
- Mahesh Bhatt said the makers completely resisted using the 1990 Aashiqui's soundtrack and promised Aashiqui 2 would revive the era of melodious film music that Aashiqui had 22 years earlier.
