Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander
Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Perarasu in his Malayalam debut. The film is produced by Ajmal Hassan. It is a sequel to 1990 Malayalam cult classic film Samrajyam which stars Mammootty in the lead. Unni Mukundan played the lead role of Jordan, the son of Alexander who was the protagonist in the prequel.[1] Akanksha Puri plays the female lead role. The film was partially reshot in Tamil as Tihar.[2]
| Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander | |
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Theatrical release poster of Malayalam version | |
| Directed by | Perarasu |
| Written by | Perarasu |
| Produced by | Ajmal Hassan |
| Starring | Unni Mukundan Mammootty R. Parthiban Akanksha Puri K.C.Shankar Vijayaraghavan Madhu Rahul Menon Devan Manoj K. Jayan |
| Cinematography | Sekhar V. Joseph |
| Edited by | Samjith Muhammed |
| Music by | R. A. Shafeer Background Score: S. P. Venkatesh |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Central Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 160 minutes (Malayalam Version) 164 minutes (Tamil Version) |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Malayalam Tamil |
The film's songs were composed by R. A. Shafeer whilst the background score was composed by S. P. Venkatesh, with lyrics written by Sarath Vayalar, while Shekar V. Joseph handled the cinematography. The film was released on 13 June 2015.[3]
Cast edit
- Unni Mukundan as Jordan, Son of Alexander
- Akanksha Puri as Saira IPS
- K.C.Shankar as Vikram Das
- Madhu as Balakrishnan IPS (Retd. IG)
- Vijayaraghavan as Khadar
- Rahul Menon as John Peter IPS / Jordan, Son of Alexander (fake)
- Devan as Surya Das
- Riyaz Khan as Sanjay Das
- Manoj K. Jayan as Stephen Antony, CBI officer
- Kalashala Babu as Bomb Bhaskaran
- Suraj Venjaramoodu as Theeppori Thankappan
- Mammootty as Alexander (archival footages only)
- Captain Raju as Krishna Das (archival footages only)
- Perarasu cameo appearance in song "Megathin Meethada"
- Tamil version
- Parthiban as Alexander
- Jiya Irani as Krishna Das
- Kadhal Dhandapani as Bomb Bhaskaran
- M. S. Bhaskar as Theeppori Thankappan
- Pondy Ravi as Henchman
- Kottachi as Theeppori Thankappan's henchman
Production edit
The film was produced by Ajmal Hassan. It was filmed in Spain, Australia, Dubai, England, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad. The film was released on 13 June 2015.[4]
The film was shot in Tamil as Tihar with Parthiban.[5][6][7][8]
Soundtrack edit
Music by R. A. Shafeer.
- Malayalam version
- "Saghi Ninte Neela" - Sadhana Sargam, R. A. Shafeer
- "Meghathin Meethada" - Kumar Sanu, Lekha P.
- "Kettu Pottiye Pole" - Sunidhi Chauhan
- "Irutine Pootanai" - Shaan, Kushboo Jain
- Tamil version
- "Ezhuvannam Pola" - Ranjini Jose
- "Methathai Meeruda" - Srikanth Deva, Krishnaveni Perarasu
- "Sathiradum Neela" - Sathya Prakash, Vinitha
- "Yarivan Yarivan" - Tippu
Reception edit
- Malayalam version
Samrajyam 2 received highly negative reviews. Critics criticizing film by saying "this is the destruction of its first part". A critic from Indiaglitz stated that "Samrajyam 2 is nothing but a disaster".[9] Jomon, the director of Samrajyam 1, highly criticized the film and said "Director Perarasu directed this cringe worthy sequel without watching it's prequel".
- Tamil version
Tihar received negative reviews. A critic from Nettv4u wrote that "This is an onetime watcher movie".[10] A critic from Nowrunning wrote that "Overall, Tihar is an utterly annoying action drama with endless number of poorly choreographed action sequences".[2]
References edit
- ^ "'I don't regret doing Samrajyam 2'".
- ^ a b "Thihar Review | Thihar Tamil Movie Review by SMK". 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Unni Mukundan: Samrajyam 2 releases finally". Times of India. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ . Ibnlive.in.com.
- ^ "Stay order against Perarasu's Tihar". Sify.
- ^ Naig, Udhav (2 December 2014). "A timely reboot of style". The Hindu.
- ^ "Parthiepan plays villain in Perarasu's film". 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Perarasu's title sentiments continue". The Times of India.
- ^ "Samrajyam 2 Son of Alexander review. Samrajyam 2 Son of Alexander Malayalam movie review, story, rating".
- ^ "Tihar Aka Thihar Movie Review".
External links edit
- Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander at IMDb
- Official website