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Chennai 600028 II
Promotional poster
Directed byVenkat Prabhu
Written byVenkat Prabhu
(Dialogues)
K. Chandru
Ezhilarasu Gunasekaran
(Additional Dialogues)
Screenplay byVenkat Prabhu
Story byVenkat Prabhu
Based onCharacters
by Venkat Prabhu
Produced byS. P. B. Charan
V. Rajalakshmi
Venkat Prabhu
StarringJai
Shiva
Vaibhav
Premji
Aravind Akash
Inigo Prabakaran
Nithin Sathya
Vijay Vasanth
Ajay Raj
Mahat Raghavendra
Narrated byVenkat Prabhu
CinematographyRajesh Yadav
Edited byPraveen K. L.
Music byOriginal Songs:
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Background Score
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Premji Amaren
Bhavatharini
Production
companies
Distributed byAbhishek Films
Release date
  • 9 December 2016 (2016-12-09)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Chennai 600028 II is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language sports comedy film co-produced, written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, who also produces the film along with S. P. B. Charan under Black Ticket Company and Capital Film Works. The film, which is a sequel to Chennai 600028 (2007), features Vaibhav in a prominent role in addition to several cast members from the earlier film including Jai, Shiva, Premji, Aravind Akash, Inigo Prabakaran and Nithin Sathya. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film was released on 9 December 2016 to mixed to positive reviews and performed well at the box office.

Plot

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Karthik (Shiva) is married to his girlfriend Selvi (Vijayalakshmi), so are Pazhani (Nithin Sathya) and Gopi (Vijay Vasanth). Raghu (Jai) is in love and is attempting to convince his girlfriend Anu’s (Sana Althaf) parents to accept him. Seenu (Premji), who had previously owned the tiny neighbourhood grocery store, is now the proud owner of a supermarket. He is single and keeps the group together with his never-ending booze parties, antagonizing the wives who blame him for their husbands's wayward ways. Despite the frequent fights at home, the group is still in touch and deeply care about each other. Meanwhile Raghu’s marriage is fixed. Though reluctant initially, Anu’s parents want her to be happy. Everyone is invited to their village, where the wedding celebrations are slated to go on for a week. It is in this picturesque village in Theni district that the friends are thrown back into their former life, when everything revolved around cricket and the beautiful bond of friendship. A midnight bachelor’s party goes horribly wrong with Raghu found in a compromising position with one of the dancers. The wedding is called off. How this entire complicated mess is sorted out with a series of cricket matches forms the rest of the story.

Cast

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Production

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Plans of making a sequel to Chennai 600028 have been reported several times in the media, first in 2007 shortly after the film's release.[1] In 2009, Indiaglitz.com reported that Venkat Prabhu and producer S. P. Charan would join together in 2010 to start the second part with a "top slot mass hero",[2] while Charan reiterated the same in an interview later.[3] In 2011, sources said that a sequel to Chennai 28 had been planned earlier but was not "on cards as of now".[4] In 2012, Venkat Prabhu again expressed interest in making a sequel, stating "I personally love to do Chennai- 28 with the tagline Second Innings".[5] This was confirmed after production of the film was officially unveiled on 28 February 2016.

Abhinay Vaddi, who had previously appeared in Ramanujan (2014), revealed that he had signed on to portray a negative role in the film and would sport a thick beard and moustache for his character.[6] Subbu Panchu also announced that he had signed the film during March 2016, while actress Anjena Kirti was brought into portray Vijay Vasanth's love interest.[7][8] Actor Viraj who appeared in the first film as a small boy, reprised his role in this film.[9]

Release

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The satellite rights of the film were sold to STAR Vijay.[10]

Critical reception

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Soundtrack

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Chennai 600028 II
Soundtrack album by
Released7 October 2016
Recorded2016
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelDoo Paa Doo.com
Saanhaa
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Dharma Durai
(2016)
Chennai 600028 II
(2016)
Yaakkai
(2016)
Track Song Singer(s) Duration (min:sec) Lyricist Notes
1 "The Boys are Back" Yuvan Shankar Raja, Bhavatharini, Vasuki Bhaskar, Madurai Souljour 3:50 Karunakaran, Madurai Souljour
2 "Nee Kidaithai" Haricharan, Chinmayi 4:06 Niranjan Bharathi
3 "Soppanasundari" Karthik Raja, Venkat Prabhu, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Premgi Amaren 3:43 Venkat Prabhu
4 "Idhu Kadhaiya" Sean Roldan, Kharesma Ravichandran 4:16 Parthi Bhaskar
5 "House Party" Senthildass Velayutham 4:21 Madhan Karky
6 "Soppanasundari Remix" Karthik Raja, Venkat Prabhu, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Premgi Amaren 4:34 Venkat Prabhu [citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Sequel to 'Chennai 600028' is coming!". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Chennai 600028 Part-2 with a top slot mass hero". IndiaGlitz. 19 December 2009. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. ^ "A sequel to 'Chennai 600028'". IndiaGlitz. 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Godha isn't Venkat Prabhu's next". The Times of India. TNN. 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  5. ^ Kollywood`s franchise factory opens. Sify.com. Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
  6. ^ Abhinay plays baddie in Chennai-28 sequel!. Deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
  7. ^ Subbu Panchu on a roll. Deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
  8. ^ Anjena Kirti talks about her films Jumbulingam 3D and Chennai 28 sequel. Behindwoods.com (2016-05-04). Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
  9. ^ Chennai 600028 II Innings | Exclusive Interview with actor Viraj Archived 13 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Manam.online (2016-10-31). Retrieved on 2017-10-18.
  10. ^ "Chennai 600028 II to premiere on Vijay TV". The Times of India. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  12. ^ Menon, Vishal (9 December 2016). "Chennai 600028 II: Life's a pitch". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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