Chennai 600028 II is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language sports comedy film co-produced, written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, who also produces the film along with S. P. B. Charan under Black Ticket Company and Capital Film Works. The film, which is a sequel to Chennai 600028 (2007), features Vaibhav in a prominent role in addition to several cast members from the earlier film including Jai, Shiva, Premji, Aravind Akash, Inigo Prabakaran and Nithin Sathya. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film was released on 9 December 2016 to mixed to positive reviews and performed well at the box office.[1]
| Chennai 600028 II | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Venkat Prabhu |
| Written by | Venkat Prabhu (Dialogues) K. Chandru Ezhilarasu Gunasekaran (Additional Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Venkat Prabhu |
| Story by | Venkat Prabhu |
| Based on | Characters by Venkat Prabhu |
| Produced by | S. P. B. Charan V. Rajalakshmi Venkat Prabhu |
| Starring | Jai Shiva Vaibhav Premji Aravind Akash Inigo Prabakaran Nithin Sathya Vijay Vasanth Ajay Raj Mahat Raghavendra |
| Narrated by | Venkat Prabhu |
| Cinematography | Rajesh Yadav |
| Edited by | Praveen K. L. |
| Music by | Original Songs: Yuvan Shankar Raja Background Score Yuvan Shankar Raja Premji Amaren Bhavatharini |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Abhishek Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 154 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot edit
Karthik (Shiva) is married to his girlfriend Selvi (Vijayalakshmi), so are Pazhani (Nithin Sathya) and Gopi (Vijay Vasanth). Raghu (Jai) is in love and is attempting to convince his girlfriend Anu’s (Sana Althaf) parents to accept him. Seenu (Premji), who had previously owned the tiny neighbourhood grocery store, is now the proud owner of a supermarket. He is single and keeps the group together with his never-ending booze parties, antagonizing the wives who blame him for their husbands's wayward ways. Despite the frequent fights at home, the group is still in touch and deeply care about each other. Meanwhile Raghu’s marriage is fixed. Though reluctant initially, Anu’s parents want her to be happy. Everyone is invited to their village, where the wedding celebrations are slated to go on for a week. It is in this picturesque village in Theni district that the friends are thrown back into their former life, when everything revolved around cricket and the beautiful bond of friendship. A midnight bachelor’s party goes horribly wrong with Raghu found in a compromising position with one of the dancers. The wedding is called off. How this entire complicated mess is sorted out with a series of cricket matches forms the rest of the story.
Cast edit
- Jai as Raghuvaran "Raghu"
- Vaibhav as Marudhu Pandiyan "Marudhu"
- Shiva as Karthik "Naan karthik"
- Premji Amaran as Srinivasan "Seenu"
- Vijay Vasanth as Gopinath
- Nithin Sathya as Pazhani
- Ajay Raj as Ezhumalai "7 Malai(hills)"
- Aravind Akash as Aravind
- Inigo Prabakaran as John Vijay
- Mahat Raghavendra as Oor Kaavalan "OK"
- Abhinay Vaddi as Ganeshan, Maruthupandi's friend
- Sundar as Rockers Jeeva
- Ilavarasu as Manohar, Manager of Chennai Sharks and owner of barber shop
- T. Siva as Rajamanikkam, Anu's father
- Subbu Panchu as Chidambaram, Anu's uncle
- Sana Althaf as Anuradha "Anu", Raghu's fiance
- Vijayalakshmi as Selvi, Karthik's wife and Pazhani's sister
- Anjena Kirti as Poonam, Gopi's wife
- Krithika Laddu as Uma, Pazhani's wife and Ezhumalai's sister
- Maheshwari Chanakyan as Stella, Ezhumalai's wife
- Shanmugasundaram as Minister of Sports
- Santhana Bharathi as Chellaiya, Arvind and OK's boss
- Viraj as Hari, captain of 'Bad Boys' team
- Karthik as Arivazhagan "Arivu"
- Sachu as Anu's grandmother
- S. N. Surendar as Sampath, Raghu's father
- Srilatha as Durga, Raghu's mother
- Manisha Yadav as Soppana Sundari
- Shanthini Mathivanan
- Kiran Konda as Vetri
- Vatsan Chakravarthy as Cheenu
- Lallu as Cricket player
- Gangai Amaran in a special appearance as Seenu's father
- Sakthi Saravanan in a special appearance as Police inspector
- Kalyan in a special appearance in 'Soppana Sundari' song
- RJ Vigneshkanth as Cricket commentator
- Prashanth Rangaswamy as Cricket commentator
- Badava Gopi as Cricket commentator Badava Gopi
- Akash Premkumar
Production edit
Plans of making a sequel to Chennai 600028 have been reported several times in the media, first in 2007 shortly after the film's release.[2] In 2009, Indiaglitz.com reported that Venkat Prabhu and producer S. P. Charan would join together in 2010 to start the second part with a "top slot mass hero",[3] while Charan reiterated the same in an interview later.[4] In 2011, sources said that a sequel to Chennai 28 had been planned earlier but was not "on cards as of now".[5] In 2012, Venkat Prabhu again expressed interest in making a sequel, stating "I personally love to do Chennai- 28 with the tagline Second Innings".[6] This was confirmed after production of the film was officially unveiled on 28 February 2016.
Abhinay Vaddi, who had previously appeared in Ramanujan (2014), revealed that he had signed on to portray a negative role in the film and would sport a thick beard and moustache for his character.[7] Subbu Panchu also announced that he had signed the film during March 2016, while actress Anjena Kirti was brought into portray Vijay Vasanth's love interest.[8][9] Actor Viraj who appeared in the first film as a small boy, reprised his role in this film.[10]
Release edit
The satellite rights of the film were sold to STAR Vijay.[11]
Soundtrack edit
| Chennai 600028 II | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 7 October 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Doo Paa Doo.com Saanhaa | |||
| Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
| Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration (min:sec) | Lyricist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Boys are Back" | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Bhavatharini, Vasuki Bhaskar, Madurai Souljour | 3:50 | Karunakaran, Madurai Souljour | |
| 2 | "Nee Kidaithai" | Haricharan, Chinmayi | 4:06 | Niranjan Bharathi | |
| 3 | "Soppanasundari" | Karthik Raja, Venkat Prabhu, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Premgi Amaren | 3:43 | Venkat Prabhu | |
| 4 | "Idhu Kadhaiya" | Sean Roldan, Kharesma Ravichandran | 4:16 | Parthi Bhaskar | |
| 5 | "House Party" | Senthildass Velayutham | 4:21 | Madhan Karky | |
| 6 | "Soppanasundari Remix" | Karthik Raja, Venkat Prabhu, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Premgi Amaren | 4:34 | Venkat Prabhu | [citation needed] |
References edit
- ^ "Chennai 600028 2nd Innings (Aka) Chennai 600028 2 review". 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Sequel to 'Chennai 600028' is coming!". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Chennai 600028 Part-2 with a top slot mass hero". IndiaGlitz. 19 December 2009. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "A sequel to 'Chennai 600028'". IndiaGlitz. 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Godha isn't Venkat Prabhu's next". The Times of India. TNN. 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ Kollywood`s franchise factory opens. Sify.com. Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
- ^ Abhinay plays baddie in Chennai-28 sequel!. Deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
- ^ Subbu Panchu on a roll. Deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
- ^ Anjena Kirti talks about her films Jumbulingam 3D and Chennai 28 sequel. Behindwoods.com (2016-05-04). Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
- ^ Chennai 600028 II Innings | Exclusive Interview with actor Viraj Archived 13 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Manam.online (2016-10-31). Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
- ^ "Chennai 600028 II to premiere on Vijay TV". The Times of India. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
