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Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander
Theatrical release poster of Malayalam version
Directed byPerarasu
Written byPerarasu
Produced byAjmal Hassan
StarringUnni Mukundan
Mammootty
R. Parthiban
Akanksha Puri
K.C.Shankar
Vijayaraghavan
Madhu
Rahul Menon
Devan
Manoj K. Jayan
CinematographySekhar V. Joseph
Edited bySamjith Muhammed
Music byR. A. Shafeer
Background Score:
S. P. Venkatesh
Production
company
Distributed byCentral Pictures
Release dates
  • 13 June 2015 (2015-06-13)
(Malayalam)
  • 21 August 2015 (2015-08-21)
(Tamil)
Running time
160 minutes (Malayalam Version)
164 minutes (Tamil Version)
CountryIndia
LanguagesMalayalam
Tamil

Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-Tamil billiungal language action film directed by Perarasu in his Malayalam debut. The film is produced by Ajmal Hassan. It is a sequel to 1990 Malayalam cult classic film Samrajyam which stars Unni Mukundan played the lead role. With Mammootty and Akanksha Puri plays the supporting roles . The film was partially reshot in Tamil as Tihar.[1]

The film's songs were composed by R. A. Shafeer whilst the background score was composed by S. P. Venkatesh, with lyrics written by Sarath Vayalar, while Shekar V. Joseph handled the cinematography. The film was released on 13 June 2015.[2]

Cast

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Tamil version

Production

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The film was produced by Ajmal Hassan. It was filmed in Spain, Australia, Dubai, England, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad. The film was released on 13 June 2015.[3]

The film was shot in Tamil as Tihar with Parthiban.[4][5][6][7]

Soundtrack

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Music by R. A. Shafeer.

Malayalam version
Tamil version
  • "Ezhuvannam Pola" – Ranjini Jose
  • "Methathai Meeruda" – Srikanth Deva, Krishnaveni Perarasu
  • "Sathiradum Neela" – Sathya Prakash, Vinitha
  • "Yarivan Yarivan" – Tippu

Reception

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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".[8] 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".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Thihar Review | Thihar Tamil Movie Review by SMK". 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Unni Mukundan: Samrajyam 2 releases finally". The Times of India. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2021.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ 'Samrajyam 2' to be directed by Perarasu – South Cinema – Malayalam News – ibnlive. Ibnlive.in.com.
  4. ^ "Stay order against Perarasu's Tihar". Sify.
  5. ^ Naig, Udhav (2 December 2014). "A timely reboot of style". The Hindu.
  6. ^ "Parthiepan plays villain in Perarasu's film". 11 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Perarasu's title sentiments continue". The Times of India.
  8. ^ "Samrajyam 2 Son of Alexander review. Samrajyam 2 Son of Alexander Malayalam movie review, story, rating".
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