''Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander'' is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by

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in his Malayalam debut. The film is produced by Ajmal Hassan. It is a sequel to 1990 Malayalam cult classic film ''

Samrajyam ''Samrajyam'' () is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language gangster film directed by Jomon. The film stars Mammootty as Alexander, a powerful underworld don. The film narrates the story of his rise and fall. The film features Madhu, Srividya, Asho ...

'' which stars

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in the lead. Unni Mukundan played the lead role of Jordan, the son of Alexander who was the protagonist in the prequel. Akanksha Puri plays the female lead role. The film was partially reshot in Tamil as ''Tihar''. The film's songs were composed by R. A. Shafeer whilst the background score was composed by

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, with lyrics written by

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, while Shekar V. Joseph handled the cinematography. The film was released on 13 June 2015.

Cast

* Unni Mukundan as Jordan, Son of Alexander * Akanksha Puri as Saira

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* K.C.Shankar as Vikram Das *

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as Balakrishnan

(Retd. IG) * Vijayaraghavan as Khadar * Rahul Menon as John Peter

/ Jordan, Son of Alexander (fake) * Devan as Surya Das * Riyaz Khan as Sanjay Das *

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as Stephen Antony, CBI officer *

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as Bomb Bhaskaran *

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as Theeppori Thankappan *

as Alexander (archival footages only) *

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as Krishna Das (archival footages only) *

cameo appearance in song "Megathin Meethada" ;Tamil version * Parthiban as Alexander * Jiya Irani as Krishna Das *

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as Bomb Bhaskaran *

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as Theeppori Thankappan * Pondy Ravi as Henchman *

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as Theeppori Thankappan's henchman

Production

The film was produced by Ajmal Hassan. It was filmed in Spain,

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, Dubai, England, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad. The film was released on 13 June 2015. The film was shot in

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as ''Tihar'' with Parthiban.

Soundtrack

Music by R. A. Shafeer. ;Malayalam version *"Saghi Ninte Neela" – Sadhana Sargam, R. A. Shafeer *"Meghathin Meethada" – Kumar Sanu, Lekha P. *"Kettu Pottiye Pole" –

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*"Irutine Pootanai" – Shaan, Kushboo Jain ;Tamil version *"Ezhuvannam Pola" –

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*"Methathai Meeruda" –

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, Krishnaveni Perarasu *"Sathiradum Neela" – Sathya Prakash, Vinitha *"Yarivan Yarivan" – Tippu

Reception

''Samrajyam 2'' received highly negative reviews. ;Malayalam version 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". 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 A critic from ''Nowrunning'' wrote that "Overall, Tihar is an utterly annoying action drama with endless number of poorly choreographed action sequences".

References

External links

* * Indian gangster films 2010s Malayalam-language films Films shot in Spain Films shot in London Films shot in Sydney Films shot in Dubai Films shot in Mumbai Films shot in Telangana Films shot in Chennai Films shot in Kochi Films directed by Perarasu 2015 films Jyam2 Indian multilingual films {{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub