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 Prashanth Neel, worked on the film's screenplay after the release of Ugramm (2014), and development of the film began in early 2015.[citation needed] However, he decided to split the film in two parts, as the narration of this story is in a non-linear format, and the decision to split the film into two parts, also had to with the commercial prospects. In an interview with The Times of India, in October 2018, he added "The scale of the project is huge and we had a scope for a beginning, an interval and an end for both parts, so it made sense for us to release it as two parts". As for the decision to make it multilingual, he says that it was because the film is based on a unique idea and has a universal theme.[27] In December 2020, Prashanth Neel said that there were no plans for a third instalment in the K.G.F franchise.[28]

Prashanth Neel decided to rope in composer Ravi Basrur[29] and cinematographer Bhuvan Gowda as a part of the technical crew for the second part of the film.[30][31]

                                  

On 29 July 2019,[37] Sanjay Dutt was revealed to be playing the role of the main antagonist Adheera, marking his Kannada debut.[38][39][40] He compared his character to Thanos, and revealed that it was "shown to be a dangerous character with scary makeup" and added that it was a role he was looking for.[41] Raveena Tandon was reported to play the role of Prime Minister Ramika Sen, and stated that "it was a difficult character to portray".[42]

Telugu actor Rao Ramesh was cast in a pivotal role in May 2019,[43] and Tamil actor Saran Shakthi was cast in August 2019.[44] On 26 August 2020, when the filming resumed, Prakash Raj was also revealed to be playing an important character.[25][45]

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Filming for K.G.F: Chapter 2[48] started on 13 March 2019 in Hyderabad, with a formal puja ceremony.[49] After an initial round of filming near Bangalore in May 2019,[50] Yash announced that he will join the sets only in June 2019.[51] The film's shooting started on 4 June at the Lalita Mahal Palace in Mysore,[52] although Yash joined the sets on 6 June.[53] Later the shoot commenced in August 2019 at Cyanide Hills in Kolar Gold Fields.[54] On 28 August 2019, N Srinivas, president of the KGF's National Citizens Party filed a petition against the makers and alleged that the film is being shot in the protected area of cyanide mound and is damaging the nature.[55] The JMFC court has issued an injunction notice to the producer Kiragandur, also ordering to stall the shoot.[56] On 4 September, the producers claimed that the stay order was issued a day before the makers planned to wrap the shoot schedule.[57] The same day, the makers started shooting for the second schedule in Hyderabad.[58][59] On 25 September 2019, Sanjay Dutt joined the sets of the film in Hyderabad.[60][61] After winning the court stay order on 27 September,[62] the makers returned to shoot the film at Cyanide Hills.[63] On 14 October 2019, the makers returned to Karnataka, after filming the extensive schedule in Hyderabad.[64]