Randeep Hooda said that though 'Jannat2' is same in spirt as 'Jannat', the former revolves around illegal gun-running whereas the latter was about cricket betting and match-fixing. Hooda also said that illegal gun-running is a major problem in India, specially in the Northwhere for every legal weapon in existence, there are eight illegal weapons. Hooda also said that the movie is about how a cop ropes in a gun runner and uses him as his mole to infiltrate a gang and break it up.