The wait is finally over! Special Ops 2 is releasing soon on the OTT platform JioHotstar. After Special Ops 1.5 was released in November 2021, the fans were left hanging and anticipating the release of a new season soon. Recently in an X post, JioHotstar has revealed a new teaser for the series along with the new release date. Continue reading to know the release date and the episode schedule.
Release Date, Teaser, and episode schedule of Special Ops 2
Fans were left hanging since the last instalment of Special Ops Universe, but now that we finally have a release date for Special Ops 2, everyone is thrilled and all set to enjoy another sequel of this action-packed thriller crime series. According to a post on X by JioHotstar, this spy-thriller is going to release on July 11, 2025. The post reads, “This time, everyone is a Target! Cyber-Terrorism vs. Himmat Singh and his squad. #HotstarSpecials # SpecialOps2 streaming from July 11, only on #JioHotstar. The streaming platform, along with the release date, also leaked an exciting teaser of the series on their Social Media handle,
According to sources, this time all the episodes of this instalment will be released in one go, instead of a weekly release, so that all the fans will be able to enjoy the series without having to wait for a new episode to release once a week. However, there’s no such official announcement by the streaming platform; fans are wishing this news to be true, so that they can curb their curiosity.
In another post by JioHotstar on X, another teaser for the series with the caption “Himmat is never off (dad) duty!’ was uploaded, which increased the curiosity and excitement of fans.
What’s special about this season?
The most-awaited second season of this famous web series is going to be special, not only because of its new and exciting challenges faced by the Special Ops team, but also because we will be able to see new faces in this season in the main roles.
While Kay Kay Menon, Karan Tacker, Vinay Pathak, Dilip Tahil, Kaali Prasad, Parmeet Sethi, Mukherjee, Muzammil Ibrahim, Sayami Kher and Gautami Kapoor will reprise their roles, the new season brings out new faces - Tahir Bhasin who will play the antagonist, along with, Arif Zakaria, Kamakshi Bhat, Shikha Talsania, Vikkas Manaktala will be joining.
About Special Ops
Special Ops is an action espionage thriller web series for Hotstar Specials, which gained immense popularity due to its action-packed and suspenseful theme. Directed by Neeraj Pandey and Shivam Nair, the first instalment was released on 17 March 2020 and received a positive response from critics, along with winning three Filmfare OTT Awards. Starring Kay Kay Menon as Himmat Singh, it features cyber-terrorism as the main theme, showcasing Himmat Singh, who is a RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) agent with a team consisting of five agents fighting against cyber-terrorism by tracking down the mastermind behind the terror attacks that took place in India.
Cast
- Kay Kay Menon
- Vinay Pathak
- Karan Tacker
- Vipul Gupta
- Muzamil Ibrahim
- Meher Vij
- Saiyami Kher
- Divya Dutta
- Revathi Pillai
- Sajad Delafrooz
The transformation into a franchise
The positive response from the audience and the love and support that this series received led to the conversion of this series into a franchise, with the second instalment, Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story, which was more like a prequel to the first instalment as it explained the backstory of the characters, premiered on 12 November 2021. With new cast like Aftab Shivdasani, Gautami Kapoor, Nikhat Khan, Aadil Khan and numerous other joining the series, it received a mixed response from critics.
Some say, “The story is too disjointed to pull this narrative heist off…” and on the other hand, Udita Jhunjhunwala, a film critic, noted that, “Special Ops 1.5 feels like an appetiser and palate cleanser while we wait for the main course, because there’s clearly more to come from Neeraj Pandey, Menon, Himmat Singh and his Special Ops team.” After the second instalment, we are finally getting close to seeing Himmat Singh with his team back with more action and challenges in the third instalment, which is all set to release on Hotstar.