Sandakozhi 2

Sandakozhi 2 (English: Battle Rooster 2) is an upcoming Indian Tamil action drama film written and directed by N. Linguswamy. A sequel to the successful Sandakozhi (2005), the film features Vishal for his 25th film in a dual role as Father & Son with Keerthy Suresh and Rajkiran in the lead roles. Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Soori in other pivotal roles. The film began production during September 2017 and confirmed to be released in October 2018^[2]

Cast

• Vishal as Balu & Siva (Dual Role)
• Keerthy Suresh as Sembaruthi
• Varalaxmi Sarathkumar as Pechi
• Rajkiran as Durai (Balu's father/Siva's grandfather)
• Arjai as TBA
• Ganja Karuppu as TBA
• Ramdoss as TBA
• Hareesh Peradi as TBA
• Kabali Vishwanth as TBA
• Appani Sarath as TBA
• Shanmugarajan as TBA
• Thennavan as TBA

Production

Following the release of Anjaan in August 2014, Linguswamy took a brief sabbatical before simultaneously completing two scripts, Yenni Ezhu Naal for actor Karthi and a sequel to his successful Sandakozhi (2005) for Vishal.^[3] In December 2014, it was announced that the sequel would be jointly produced by Vishal's Vishal Film Factory and Linguswamy's Thirrupathi Brothers and that production would start in 2015.^[4][5] Thirrupathi Brothers later opted out of production duties after the failure of several of their films meant that they experienced financial constraints.^[6] The casting process began in mid-2015, with Rajkiran retained to reprise his role from the original film alongside Vishal, while Soori was signed for a new role and D. Imman was selected as the music composer. Meera Jasmine, who played the leading female role in the 2005 film, was reported to be portraying a cameo role, while the team looked for another actress to play a leading role.^[7][8] Shamili and Akshara Haasan were approached and held discussions for the role in mid-2015, but neither actress was eventually signed on.^[8][9] Sathyaraj was also considered for the role of the lead antagonist, but production delays meant that the actor was not finalised.^[10] Despite announcements that the film would begin shoot in August 2015, it failed to take off and Vishal stated in an interview to The Hindu that the film would not happen unless the script was better than the first.^[11]

In January 2016, Vishal revealed that production would start in February and that the film would have the city of Madurai as its backdrop.^[12] However during late February 2016, Vishal revealed that the film had been cancelled and blamed Linguswamy's^[13] lack of commitment towards the project. The move had come after Linguswamy had agreed terms to work on a bilingual film starring Allu Arjun for Studio Green, without sorting out dates with Vishal.^[14][15][16] In a turn of events in June 2016, Vishal stated that the film had been revived and that cinematographer Madhi and composer Yuvan Shankar Raja had also joined the project, replacing Imman. In due course, Linguswamy delayed his project with Allu Arjun and resumed scripting for Sandakozhi 2.^[17] The team held discussions with more actresses about the lead role, first approaching Manjima Mohan, before Keerthy Suresh was finalised in December 2016.^[18][19] The shoot was meant to start in January 2017 but was delayed further when Vishal chose to prioritise his commitments to filming for Mysskin's Thupparivaalan (2017).^[20] Hareesh Peradi and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar were recruited in mid-2017 to portray negative roles, with the latter appearing as the wife of one of three antagonists in the script.^[21][22]

The film was launched with a ceremony in Chennai on 10 August 2017, with the art directors led by Rajeevan, constructing a set resembling a festival at Binny Mills, Chennai. Due to Madhi was busy with other commitments, cinematographer K.A. Shakthivel was roped in. The set at Binny Mills was made to resemble one of Madurai’s key localities with 500 shops and a temple being erected and initial scenes for a song were shot with junior artistes.^[23][24] Despite indications that the lead actors would join by late August, the film's first filming schedule only began on 20 September 2017 at Binny Mills.^{[25][26][27][28]}

References

External links

• Sandakozhi 2 on IMDb