[5][6] Joseph "Joe" Mascarenhas, a judge on a successful reality show and a working partner at Club Bar & Blues, is acquainted with Kedar Zaveri, a member of the band Magik, better known as KD, or the Killer Drummer.

KD narrates how 5 years ago, Aditya Shroff, Magik's lead singer, left the city due to a painful experience.

Sharma reluctantly agrees; However, he has a hard time cooperating since the sarod triggers the memories of his late son.

Surprisingly, the CD happens to bring about a huge twist of fate and also reunite band members of Magik in the process.

The next morning, a regular chat between the trio swiftly turns into a past-hunting argument which reveals that Adi is tormented by the failure of his music label in Mumbai, which took away, along with the money invested, a young, aspiring artist's life.

But Jiah backs out at the last moment for she recalls how her father disapproves of modern-day music, calling it a destroyer of the soulfulness and purity of the art.

Adi and his friends eventually take a shocking retreat when a scuffle between the band members leads to Uday informing them that Rahul, is Jiah's brother.

Jiah learns of the truth and breaks off all contact with Magik and Uday and recalls how Baba chided Rahul for ruining the art of Indian music despite his pleadings and valid excuses.

Adi learns of some problems in a town in Meghalaya where he had been living, and this causes a rift between him and his wife, who is upset that he does not have time for her.

However, as soon as Mahender, the state welfare board chief, who had earlier gotten into an egoistic argument with Adi, learns of this, he orders an ambush on the concert venue, thus ruining everything.

That day, Sharma is called by a news reporter and is surprised to learn that his father, Jiah was at the venue of the attack.

During a heated argument, Jiah vents out to Baba that it was he who had killed Rahul by not motivating him for what he needed badly in life.

The village recovers from its crisis as Mahender is forced to release funds, Magik reunites eventually, with Uday as a new member, and Jiah becomes a singing sensation.

Saudagar remarked that the main intent was to bring the North East to Hindi cinema and also highlight the issues people face in the state.

Saudagar stated, "Rock On 2 is not about an extramarital affair, it's a story of human bonds and is based on modern relationships.

For the film, Kapoor undertook vocal training with Samantha Edwards, a jazz vocalist, in order to adapt her voice to the rock genre.

[16] Her biggest inspirations as a singer are her grandmother Lata Mangeshkar and her mother Shivangi Kapoor (née Kolhapure).

[17] Principal photography began in Shillong, Meghalaya on 6 October 2015 and the film was shot in numeours other locations in the eastern part of the state, including Umniuh Village in Ri-Bhoi district, Cherrapunjee and Laitlum.

Akhtar, who at first was oblivious to the upheaval situation when he heard about the incident, met the two men in their respective vanity vans and was able to calm them down.

[25] The film had to undergo ten days of reshoots just two weeks before its premiere, making it a rare occurrence in Bollywood.

[31] While the film is predominantly aimed at younger demographics, Excel Entertainment carried out a marketing plan in order to appeal to a much wider audience.

[33] A live concert by the stars and music directors was held in National Sports Club of India in Mumbai on 23 September, for the album launch.

However, permissions were not granted for performing there due to the staff council allowing concerts only during a specific school festival, and not any other event.

[37] The film signed with 10 various brand associations which served as promotional partners, such as Hexa from Tata Motors, Amul, Boat Speakers, Regal Shoes, Nutrilite, Vodafone, Spunk Apparels, Cromā, hike Messenger and Zippo.

In order to curb this problem, the film partnered with theater chain PVR Cinemas where ticket buyers will be able to evade paying convenience fees in the company's website and app respectively.

[40][41] The release date was almost postponed following the demonetization of the said currencies as it would have caused hindrance and limit the purchase of tickets by patrons.

[44][45] The prime factor for the film's low performance was the demonetization of the two currencies as people nationwide were more pre-occupied with depositing, exchanging and withdrawing the currencies and the money would be allocated to other needful resources other than movie tickets since people would want to forgo waiting in long queues as bank would constantly run out of cash.

We couldn't afford to push the release date as the piracy laws in our country are not strong enough to protect the movie from getting leaked.

Praise was aimed at the cast's performances and Marc Koninckx's cinematography, while its screenplay and soundtrack received negative reception.

[49] Rohit Vats of The Hindustan Times wrote, "Rock On 2 might not have a strong conflict in the storyline, but it definitely works as the narrative of a unique camaraderie among the boys.