Stree 2 Full Movie Download
Director: Amar Kaushik
Writer: Niren Bhatt
Stars: Rajkummar RaoShraddha KapoorPankaj Tripathi
Stree 2: Sarkate Ka Aatank
(transl. Woman 2: Terror of the Headless) is a 2024 Hindi-language comedy horror film directed by Amar Kaushik, written by Niren Bhatt, and produced jointly by Maddock Films and Jio Studios. It is the fifth installment in the Maddock Supernatural Universe and is based on the folk legend of Naale Baa from the southern Indian state of Karnataka and serves as the sequel to Stree (2018). The film features Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles while Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Banerjee and Aparshakti Khurana essay pivotal roles.[7] The narrative follows a group of friends that must defeat a malevolent entity abducting the women of Chanderi.
Kaushik first expressed interest in developing a sequel to Stree in October 2018. By February 2022, Rao confirmed that the project was in development; however, original writers and producers Raj & DK were no longer involved, having parted ways with producer Dinesh Vijan over the rights to the franchise. As a result, Bhatt took over as the writer. The sequel was officially announced by Vijan and Jyoti Deshpande in April 2023. Principal photography began in July of the same year, primarily taking place in Chanderi and Bihar, and concluded by mid-2024. The film features a musical score composed by Sachin–Jigar, with additional scoring by Justin Varghese. Cinematography was conducted by Jishnu Bhattacharjee, and the editing was handled by Hemanti Sarkar.
Stree 2 was theatrically released worldwide on 15 August 2024 and received positive reviews from critics. The film has grossed over ₹644 crore at the box office, emerging as the second highest-grossing Indian film of 2024, the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2024 and the ninth highest-grossing Hindi film of all time.[6][8]
Plot
The film opens with the ending scene of the previous instalment, where Stree is about to re-enter Chanderi. She notices a statue of herself at the town entrance with the inscription, "o stree raksha karna" (oh woman protect us), and chooses to leave. Years later, Chanderi faces a new threat: a headless ghost named "Sarkata", who abducts women at night and drags them into a nightmarish alternate dimension. The townspeople, unaware of the ghost’s presence, mistakenly believe the missing women have left for better prospects. Vicky, still in love with the Girl With No Name, credited as "She", frequently imagines her appearing before him. Meanwhile, Rudra receives an anonymous letter containing missing pages from the Chanderi Puran and a cryptic message: "vo aayega" (he will come).
One night, Bittu's girlfriend, Chitti, is taken by Sarkata. A beggar who witnessed the abduction confirms the ghost's existence. Vicky, Bittu, and Rudra investigate the torn pages of the Chanderi Puran and discover Sarkata’s origin. They find out that Sarkata is the vengeful spirit of Chandrabhan, a former village head who murdered Stree, a courtesan, by beheading her husband and burning her alive. After Stree’s departure from Chanderi, Sarkata has returned to target progressive women. Realising they need Stree's help to defeat Sarkata, the friends seek out Jana in Delhi, who was once possessed by Stree.
Jana, living with his cousin Bhaskar, is lured back to Chanderi under the pretext of a stage play by them (scene from Bhediya), but when he discovers the real reason, he reluctantly agrees to assist. While searching for Stree at the old fort, Sarkata attacks and nearly kills Jana, who experiences visions of the alternate dimension where the abducted women are held captive. Believing Jana to be dead, the group is shocked when he revives, and they narrowly escape the fort with Sarkata in pursuit. As Sarkata terrorises the town, She reappears and saves the group by fighting Sarkata using the powers of Stree’s braid attached to her hair. The town’s women, living in fear, blame Vicky for defeating Stree, which they believe led to Sarkata’s emergence.
They pressure Vicky to take responsibility for the new threat, and She convinces him that his pure soul makes him the right person for the task. She gives Vicky a magical dagger and instructs him to use it to cut Sarkata's head in half. To trap Sarkata, the group organises a dance performance by Shama, Rudra's girlfriend. During the performance, Sarkata appears, but Vicky fails to decapitate him. Sarkata then possesses all the men present, except for Vicky, Rudra, and Jana. Sarkata subsequently abducts Shama, and the possessed men, including Bittu, begin controlling the town's women.
Desperate for a solution, the group follows a clue from the anonymous letter to a mental asylum, where they meet a descendant of Sarkata. The man reveals that Sarkata can only be defeated by a being that is "half of both"—neither fully man nor woman, human nor animal. With this knowledge, She merges her body with Vicky’s, creating a being capable of entering Sarkata’s lair. Inside the lair, Vicky and She confront Sarkata. Vicky cuts Sarkata’s head in half with the magical dagger, but each severed head regenerates into multiple new heads. As they are overwhelmed, Bhaskar arrives in his werewolf form and attacks Sarkata.
However, the battle becomes dire when Sarkata reattaches his head and overpowers Bhaskar. In a final attempt, She calls out to her mother, who is revealed to be Stree. Stree arrives and, with Vicky’s help, defeats Sarkata by beheading him again and dragging his body into the lava, destroying him for good. After Sarkata’s defeat, the women are freed, and the men are released from the ghost’s control. Vicky and his friends are celebrated as heroes. She reveals that she is a ghost and must leave, but not before whispering her name to Vicky.
In the woods, Bhaskar, now human, receives clothes from Jana (scene from Munjya) and asks Jana to set him up with She, to which he declines, but Bhaskar continues to plead. In a mid-credits scene, a mysterious pot containing Sarkata's remains reaches the mental institution, where his descendant inhales the flaming smoke from the remains and becomes possessed by the monster, hinting at the return of the terror.