Kahaani 2 Directed by Sujoy Ghosh Produced by Sujoy Ghosh Jayantilal Gada Starring Vidya Balan Arjun Rampal Jugal Hansraj Music by Clinton Cerejo Production company Boundscript Motion Pictures Pen India Limited Distributed by Pen India Limited (India) Eros International (some overseas territories) Release date 2 December 2016 Running time 128 minutes Country India Language Hindi Budget ₹17 crore Box office est. ₹54.79 crore Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh (or simply Kahaani 2 , Story 2 ) is a 2016 Indian thriller film directed by Sujoy Ghosh and produced by Ghosh and Jayantilal Gada. A sequel to the 2012 film Kahaani, the film features Vidya Balan, Arjun Rampal in lead roles and Jugal Hansraj and Kharaj Mukherjee in supporting roles. Principal photography took place from March 2016 to May 2016. The film was released on 2 December 2016. Kahaani 2 is the story of Durga Rani Singh who is charged with kidnapping and murder. It was declared tax-free in Uttar Pradesh on 15 December 2016. At the 62nd Filmfare Awards, Balan received a Best Actress nomination for her performance. Cast Vidya Balan as Vidya Sinha / Durga Rani Singh Arjun Rampal as Sub-inspector Inderjeet Singh Tunisha Sharma as Minnie Dewan Naisha Khanna as Young Minnie Dewan Jugal Hansraj as Mohit Dewan, Minnie's uncle Amba Sanyal as Mrs. Dewan (Mohit's mother) Manini Chadha as Rashmi Singh Kharaj Mukherjee as Inspector Pranab Halder Tota Roychoudhury as Arun, Durga's friend Koushik Sen as the policeman at Kalimpong Pradip Chakrabarty as Benu Kaka, Vidya's neighbour Nitya Ganguli as Constable Ram Singh Pradip Mukherjee as Doctor Maity Ardhendu Banerjee as Doctor Sen Biswajit Chakraborty as Police Officer, Lalbazar. Gargi Bharadwaj as the kidnapper assassin / police-woman Soma Adhikari as Minnie's nurse Haridas Chatterjee as mad beggar Kahaani 2 Directed by Sujoy Ghosh Produced by Sujoy Ghosh Jayantilal Gada Starring Vidya Balan Arjun Rampal Jugal Hansraj Music by Clinton ... Read more »