''Jithan 2'' is a 2016 Indian

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film directed by Rahul Paramahamsa and written by

Vincent Selva Vincent Selva is an Indian film director and screenwriter associated with the Tamil film industry. This director is best known for his debut flick, ''Priyamudan'' starring Vijay, Kausalya. Other directors such as Mysskin and S. P. Jananathan w ...

. The film is a sequel to ''

Jithan ''Jithan'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language supernatural romantic thriller film directed by Vincent Selva. The film stars Jithan Ramesh (in his Tamil debut) along with Pooja, Kalabhavan Mani, Livingston, S. Ve. Shekher, and Nalini. R. Sarathkum ...

'' (2005), and stars

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and

Srushti Dange Srushti Dange is an Indian actress, who has mostly appeared in Tamil films and appears in a few Telugu and Malayalam films. Career Srushti Dange initially appeared in supporting roles, playing a victim in Myshkin's ''Yuddham Sei'' (2011), bef ...

. The film began production in December 2013 and it released on 8 April 2016 to poor reviews. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Pizza 3'' in 2018. The film had background score by Yeshwanth Raja. The film received negative reviews from critics.

Cast

as Surya *

as Priya *

Meghali Meghali Meenakshi is an Indian people, Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil cinema . She made her Tamil debut in Pa. Vijay's film ''Aaruthra''. The lyricist-cum-actor directed and acted in this venture. Career In April 2017, she signed t ...

as Anjali *

Mayilsamy Mayilsamy (born October 2, 1965) is an Indian actor and comedian who prominently plays supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films, he is also a regular guest judge on '' Asathapovathu Yaaru'' on Sun TV in Chennai. Career He is a popular ...

as Venugopal *

Yogi Babu Yogi Babu (born 22 July 1985) is an Indian actor and comedian, who appears in Tamil films. A three time Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award winner, he performed in '' Aandavan Kattalai'' (2016), ''Kolamavu Kokila'' (2018) and ''Pariyerum Perumal'' (20 ...

as Annayya *

George Maryan George Maryan (born 23 March 1963) is an Indian actor and comedian, who has appeared in Tamil cinema. He started his career in theatre, before working in Tamil cinema and has often collaborated with film-makers A. L. Vijay, Sundar C and Priyada ...

as Sombu Vinayagam *

Robo Shankar Robo Shankar is an Indian standup comedian who has appears in character roles in Tamil films. He made his breakthrough with STAR Vijay's ''Kalakkapovathu Yaaru'', performing standup comedy. He is a now cast as regular on several shows on Star V ...

as Police Officer *

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as Police Constable *

Karunas Karunas (born 21 February 1970 as Karunanidhi Sethu) is an Indian actor, politician and comedian in the Tamil film industry. Appearing mostly in supporting roles, he has also played lead roles in films including '' Dindigul Sarathy'' (2008) a ...

as Surya's known person *

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Nellai Siva Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tami ...

as Vijayakumar *Bharanidharan as Bharani *Supergood Subramani *Kesava *Vengal Rao * Sandy(cameo appearance)

Production

In September 2013, RPM productions began working on a sequel to the successful 2005 film ''

'', with newcomer Rahul brought in as director. The script was written by Vincent Selva who has directed the first one. The team tried to bring in actor to play a parallel lead role, but were unsuccessful in their attempts. The film subsequently progressed throughout Chennai.

has been confirmed as the heroine for Jithan 2. The film was on the verge of completion in July 2014, with all portions apart from the songs finished. The team began post-production work in late 2014 and targeted an April 8, 2016 release.

Reception

The film received negative reviews from critics. ''Sify'' wrote "Generally, even a poorly made movie have some kind of positive aspects to talk about but Jithan 2 is a nightmare, which we want to quickly erase from our memory". ''Times of India'' wrote "Jithan-2 involves a ghost and is billed as a horror movie, but the only thing that haunts us after seeing the film — and might even result in sleepless nights — is an unending stream of questions." ''Rediff'' wrote "Painfully slow, drab and immature, this horror comedy has you yawning right from the start." ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

'' wrote that "Jithan 2 is so bad in every department, so soporific an experience, so dreadfully tedious that I fear that my experience of watching it has, on some level, robbed me just a little of my will to live". The film underperformed at the box office. Mukesh Kumar and Rakesh Reddy of Desimartini both gave 0.5 stars out of 5 and said "The movie is as wasteful as 'ueue' in the 'queue'. makes absolutely no sense whatsoever." and "Overall a time waste of a movie" respectively.https://www.desimartini.com/tamil-reviews/jithan-2/jithan-2-review-bored-to-death-by-rakesh-reddy-rd32994.htm

References

External links

* Indian comedy horror films Indian sequel films 2010s Tamil-language films Films scored by Srikanth Deva 2016 comedy horror films {{2010s-horror-film-stub