Murder 2 is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir romantic slasher film directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. It is the second installment in the Murder film series. A quasi-sequel to the 2004 film, Murder, it stars Emraan Hashmi, Jacqueline Fernandez and Prashant Narayanan, and debutant Sulagna Panigrahi. The film was released on 8 July 2011 to mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, and became one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of 2011.