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==Production==
==Production==

Revision as of 13:07, 4 June 2013

Singam II
Shoot in progress
First look poster
Directed byHari
Written byHari
Produced byS. Lakshman Kumar[1]
StarringSuriya
Anushka Shetty
Hansika Motwani
Vivek
Santhanam
CinematographyPriyan
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Production
company
Prince Pictures
Distributed byGemini Film Circuit
Release date
  • 14 June 2013 (2013-06-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Singam II is an upcoming Tamil film directed by Hari, starring Suriya in the title role with Anushka Shetty, Hansika Motwani, Vivek and Santhanam in supporting roles.[2] The film is a sequel to Singam (2010). The film, along with a dubbed Telugu version titled Yamudu II, is expected to be released worldwide on June 14, 2013.[3]

Cast

Production

Casting

The project features Anushka Shetty and Hansika Motwani as the female leads.[4] Reprising their roles from the original film are Vivek, Vijayakumar, Nassar, and Radha Ravi. Prakash Raj has been left out while actors Rahman, Mukesh Rishi and Santhanam have been added to the franchise. British actor Danny Sapani plays the antagonist.[5] The actress Anjali is also featured in an item number.[6]

Filming

The film has been shot mainly in Kerala, Tuticorin, Chennai, Hyderabad, Malaysia, Tirunelveli and Karaikudi. The director has also filmed some of the important songs, stunts and talkie portions in Durban, Cape Town and Joburg in South Africa as well as Kenya. Primary production began in September 2012 and lasted for seven months. It was wrapped up on April 30, 2013.[7]

Soundtrack

Untitled

Devi Sri Prasad, who had also worked on the score of Singam, returned for Singam II, marking his fourth project with both Suriya and director Hari. Bollywood singer Baba Sehgal had recorded a song in the film following the success of his "Kadhal Vandhale" number from the original.[8][9] The soundtrack was scheduled to be released on June 1st, but got postponed a day to June 2nd.[10][1] Sudeep, who played the protagonist in the Kannada remake of Singam attended the audio launch function, along with celebrities from Kollywood as well.[11]

All lyrics are written by Viveka

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Puriyavillai"Swetha Mohan4:28
2."Vaale Vaale"Shankar Mahadevan4:32
3."Achchamillai"Devi Sri Prasad3:11
4."Singam Dance"Devi Sri Prasad, Baba Sehgal, Sharmila4:19
5."Vidhai Pola"Hariharan4:48
6."Kannukkulle"Javed Ali, Priya Himesh, Simon4:19
Total length:25:37

Release

The film's first look was officially released on 26 January 2013 on Republic Day.[12] An official website was launched in April 2013 and it included a contest where the winner would get to watch a day of filming. The film also gained immense popularity through social networking sites such as Facebook.[13] The theatrical trailer is expected to be released during the film's audio launch on 2 June 2013.[14][15] A 21-sec teaser was released on 16 May 2013 via YouTube. The video received a massive response and reached 1,000,000 views within three days.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "'Singam II' to be released in June". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  2. ^ "Shot Cuts: More on Singam-2". The Hindu. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Surya's 'Singam 2' is 'Yamudu II' in Telugu". IBN Live. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "Hansika in 'Singam 2'?". IndiaGlitz. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  5. ^ "' Singam 2' gets Hollywood Villain". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Anjali to do item number in Singham-2". Sify. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Singam 2 completed". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Baba Sehgal to sing in Suriya's Singam 2". Times of India. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  9. ^ "Baba Sehgal Backs to Singam Crew". Box Office Noon. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  10. ^ a b "Singam 2 Teaser Review!". Behindwoods. May 16, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  11. ^ "Sudeep-Ajay Devgn special guests at Singam 2 audio launch". Oneindia.in. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  12. ^ "The first glimpse of Suriya in Singam 2, An Indian Police". Behindwoods. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Want to meet Suriya and the Singam 2 team?". Behindwoods. Apr 17, 2013. Retrieved Apr 18, 2013.
  14. ^ "Audio launch of Singam 2 postponed". The Times of India.
  15. ^ "Singam 2 tunes in June ?". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
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