''Saamy 2'', Also known as ''Saamy Square'',''Cringe Square'', is a 2018 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by

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and produced by Shibu Thameens. It stars Vikram in a double role as a father and son, with

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and

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as the female leads alongside

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, and Soori in supporting roles. The film is a sequel to the 2003 film ''

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''. The film was released theatrically on 21 September 2018.

Plot

Deputy commissioner Aarusaamy ( Vikram), who had been transferred out of

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after finishing off evil politician Perumal Pichai, leads a happy life with his now-pregnant wife Bhuvana (

) in

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, who intends to pursue

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. However, in Tirunelveli, Perumal Pichai's men, who were discussing what happened to him, assume that he might be in

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with Perumal Pichai's wife (

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) and three sons: Mahendra Pichai ( O. A. K. Sundar), the eldest; Devendra Pichai (

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), the second-eldest; and the Raavana Pichai (

), the youngest. Among them, Raavana is more dangerous and ruthless than Devendra and Mahendra. 28 years pass. Aarusaamy's son Ramasaamy ( Vikram) lives in New Delhi and works under the Union Home Minister, Viswanathan (

). The Minister's daughter, Diya (

), who has returned from

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after completing her studies and who constantly disagrees with him. Later, when Raavana asks Viswanathan for the pending commission amount to be paid for transferring the party fund secretly, he simply replies to ask the party directly and not him. Irritated, Raavana kidnaps Diya for immediate settlement of payment. Ram rescues her from Raavana's goons and drops her home. She is impressed by his diplomatic nature and falls in love with him. Soon after, Ram accidentally happens to seize a van containing black money being transferred by Raavana on a commission basis. He hands the money over to the President of India without revealing his identity, which once again frustrates Raavana. Diya constantly proposes to Ram, which he rejects initially but gives in later. Ram succeeds in the UPSC exam and leaves for

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for one-year training. After his return, his maternal grandparents are shell shocked to see that he has opted for

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and that he has been posted as probationary Assistant commissioner in Tirunelveli. When Ram asks the reason for their reaction, his grandfather tells the truth that, in fact, his father, Aarusaamy, has been a Deputy commissioner in Tirunelveli. Ram's maternal grandfather begins to explain what happened 28 years ago. When Saamy and Bhuvana were on their way to Tirunelveli, they were hacked to death by the Pichai brothers to avenge their father's death. Before dying, Saamy manages to open his dead wife's

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and prematurely deliver his child (Ram). Bhuvana's parents take Ram and escape to

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, while the rest of their family is killed by a truck accident planned by Raavana. Agitated by hearing his tragic past, Ram decides to go to Tirunelveli and get justice for his parents' death. Ram's maternal grandparents accept his decision, and he leaves for Tirunelveli and decides to take on the Pichai brothers. He initially warns Raavana and vows to bring the Pichai brothers before the law for killing his parents. Ram later razes Perumal's statue, which had been illegally placed at an intersection by Raavana and caused a lot of traffic problems. A

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ensues between Ram and Raavana, with both of them trying to get rid of each other. Per the president's orders, Sammy is transferred to Tirunelveli and by this, Raavan gets surprised as they were not able to make a transfer elsewhere. Meanwhile, Viswanathan initially disapproves of Ram and Diya's love, but he later accepts it. Ram kills Devendra and Mahendra after an accident caused by them in Devendra's cracker factory to prevent Ram from seizing illegal extortion money of Raavana, which kills many innocent workers, as well as pregnant women. Raavana's goons start to kill the people of Tirunelveli in revenge. Viswanathan makes a decision to resign from politics for embarrassment faced. In the mean while, Raavana's henchmen orchestrate a train accident which kills Viswanathan. Later, Raavana absconds to

with his mother's advice. Ram finds out that Raavana is planning to go to

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via

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and

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, he tracks him down. After a tiresome fight with desert bandits and Raavana, Ram subdues Raavana but decides to leave him to his fate in the middle of the

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with no man, town, village, or water source for several hundreds of kilometres. As the

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, Ram lies to the media that Raavana had left for Sri Lanka due to fear of being killed. There is a record of Raavana, going to Sri Lanka, but there is no record of coming back to India. Whereas, Raavana dies after 17 days in the desert. Soon, Ram and Diya marry. The movie ends with the message, "Saamy's adventure will continue".

Cast

Production

Development

In August 2016, during the audio launch of ''

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'', director

made an official announcement that he would unite with Vikram, also echoed by the latter, for a sequel to ''

'' after 13 years being bankrolled by Shibu Thameens. The

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was expected to commence in late 2016 with

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. During December 2016, Shibu Thameens confirmed that the plan for sequel was still on, putting an end to the rumours of the project being shelved, as director Hari and his team were involved in

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and would tentatively commence the principal photography in April 2017. In May 2017, it was officially announced that

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would be the composer, collaborating again with Vikram for the second time after '' Kanthasamy'' and Hari for the fifth time after ''Aaru'', ''Venghai'', ''Singam'' and ''Singam 2''. In August 2017, it was reported that lyricist

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had joined the composer and director for a music composition session at

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and

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were tasked with action choreography.

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, Hari's regular cinematographer, was selected as well, but later Venkatesh Anguraj became the cinematographer after Priyan died due to a heart attack in November 2017. The art direction was done by P. Shanmugam and P.V. Balaji, replacing K. Kadhir, who had collaborated with Hari in his previous films.

Casting

Apart from Vikram reprising his role,

was selected as the female lead.

and comedian Soori were added to cast along with

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was originally going to reprise her role as Bhuvana from the first film, but opted out citing "creative differences"; she was replaced by

Filming

Despite the commencement of

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, the shooting was supposed to be commenced during June or July 2017 as quoted by the film producer. Various sources towards reported that the shoot would start towards the end of September 2017. Finally, the principal photography commenced in

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from 30 September 2017 onwards. The director also revealed that the film would be shot in

and

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after shooting considerable portions in Chennai. In early October, the film's new title was revealed to be ''Saamy Square''. Most of the scenes were shot at various locations within the city of

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and also in Karaikudi by setting the name of Thirunelveli.

Release and reception

''Saamy 2'' received highly negative reviews from critics, by criticizing the outdated story, humours, screenplay, music and lack of standard comparing to its first part. However, the film's cast performance received praise. The film was flagged as a "

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". The satellite rights of the film were sold to

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. The film was later dubbed and released in

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by Pen Movies directly on TV channel

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on 10 November 2019. Indiaglitz called the movie ''A Speedy journeys to Nowhere'' in their review. They added, "Go for this ride if you are a fan of Vikram and are immune to Deja Vu".

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

, who replaces the predecessor's music composer

. This film marks the Tamil comeback of music composer Devi Sri Prasad after a hiatus of three years, whose previous Tamil film was '' Puli'' (2015).

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acquired the rights of the soundtrack for the film. All lyrics were written by Viveka, except one song, which was penned by the composer himself. The first single, "Adhiroobaney," was released on 10 July 2018, with lyrics being penned by

and sung by M. M. Manasi. The second single, "Molaga Podiye," soon followed and released on 18 July 2018. The full soundtrack album of the Tamil version was released on 23 July 2018. Track listing

References

External links

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