Aranmanai 2

Aranmanai 2

Poster
Directed by Sundar C.
Produced by Kushboo
Written by Venkat Raghavan
Sundar C.
Screenplay by Sundar C,
S.B.Ramadoss
Starring Trisha
Siddharth
Sundar C.
Hansika Motwani
Poonam Bajwa
Vaibhav Reddy
Soori
Kovai Sarala
Manobala
Vinodhini Vaidyanathan
Music by Hiphop Tamizha
Cinematography U. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited by N. B. Srikanth
Production
company
Distributed by Sri Thenandal Films
Release dates
  • 29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)
Running time
 136 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget ₹13 crore (US$1.9 million)
Box office ₹55 crore (US$8.2 million)

Aranmanai 2 is a 2016 Tamil horror comedy film written and directed by Sundar C. The film stars Sundar C himself, Siddharth, Trisha, Hansika, Soori, Kovai Sarala and Manobala with Vaibhav Reddy in a guest appearance. A stand-alone sequel to the successful 2014 film Aranmanai, the film released on 29 January 2016 and will have its own sequel, titled Aranmanai 3.

Plot

The movie starts with the Amman statue that was guarding the village from evil spirits and negative energy being kept into an underground room as the temple is under renovation. Not faraway from the temple a group of tantric practitioners makes use of the situation by awakening evil spirits for their own use before getting scared and running away after observing an evil spirit moving away from that graveyard. The evil spirit enters the palace. One saint notices but the palace owner (Radha Ravi) ignores him. Later, the spirit attacks the owner and the owner goes into coma. His elder son (Subbu Panchu), arrives with his wife (Vinodhini Vaidyanathan) and their son Suresh (Nithin Manivannann). Together with them are his younger brother, Murali (Siddharth) and his fiance Anitha (Trisha Krishnan). Devadas (Soori) arrives as well, in disguise as his father, Sandhu Bondu Naadimuthu (Soori) who was a doctor and had contact with the land owners.

One night the family driver (Raj Kapoor) is killed. after a few nights, Suresh does crazy things and says that someone is telling him to do so. Also Murali sees his father being elevated above the bed and gets scared. Anitha who also sees these things decides to call her brother, Ravi (Sundar C.). One night Ravi sees Suresh drowning and rescues him. He initially suspects Manju (Poonam Bajwa), who was hired by the family as a nurse for Murali's father, but he soon realizes it is not her since she has a different agenda. After that he sets up cameras around the house. A couple of nights later the elder brother goes missing and Ravi sees it. With the cameras he is able to identify the spirit that is causing havoc. Murali identifies her as Maya (Hansika Motwani), his younger sister.

Maya was loved by all, especially by her father and Murali. She was also the owner of Maya Granites shown in the song Maya Maya. On the day before her marriage, she eloped with one of the workers' son (Vaibhav Reddy) and the whole family was shocked and felt disgraced. Three years later in Bangalore, when Murali sees that she is pregnant, he passes the good news to his father and brother as they arrive to their house. Their father asks Maya to come back home to which she agrees. On the day she was supposed to arrive, Maya didn't show up, and Murali thought she had changed her mind. Later Ravi tells that its not true. Maya and her husband got off a stop earlier since her elder brother wanted them to arrive home safely. While traveling in a Jeep on the way to their palace, Maya's husband was stabbed by the driver. After that he instructed Maya to go into hiding. But this plan failed when Maya's father arrived and told her to drink poison since she disgraced her family's name and status by marrying someone who belonged to a lower caste. Maya agrees to her father's words with a condition that her husband's life should be spared. After she drank the poison Maya's elder brother killed her husband in front of her which made Maya vow that she will end the male generation in her family, before her father strangled her. Ravi also tells that her primary target is Murali, since he told their father and elder brother about her whereabouts and also Suresh. Manju tells that her uncle is a priest and lives near the Kerala border.

Ravi goes with Manju to the priest whose disciples at first refused to offer a helping hand because the priest is just recuperating from myocardial infarction (heart attack). But before they leave, the priest decides to help them and starts the pooja. After a few moments, the priest informs that Maya has possessed someone in the palace and it is revealed to be Anitha. It is also shown that Anitha killed Murali's elder brother and also poisons her father-in-law as an act of revenge, even though he managed to recover from his coma. Ravi decides to find Maya's corpse, while Murali, Suresh, and Manju try to distract Anitha by taking the entire family to a restaurant. Their main goal is to get Anitha's blood and put some holy ink on her hair. They manage to get her blood when she is cutting an apple, and one of the assistants (Manobala) manages to put the ink before getting thrashed by Anitha/Maya. There Anitha goes to the house and tries to kill Murali and Suresh. However it fails and the priest manages to get Maya out of Anitha. Later Ravi and the priest decide to kill the spirit and the only way is to be possessed by the spirit and stab its own corpse. Ravi manages to do it and completes it but the priest gets chest pain and he tells Murali that their only hope is to go to the Amman Pooja that is happening in their village temple as Amman is their final hope. Murali and Suresh get there with Ravi possessed by Maya trying to stop them. When Ravi is about to kill Murali, Amman uses her powers and prevents Maya's spirit from killing Murali and Suresh. Before she leaves, she sees her brother Murali who sheds tears for what had happened to his beloved sister. Before Maya disappears she smiles at the Amman. After this incident, Murali, Suresh and Anitha reunite and Ravi reunites with Manju leaving the Aranmanai in the hands of the caretakers. As everyone leaves the palace, Maya's spirit enters a doll and returns to the palace waiting for the right time to swing back into action. The movie ends with the tag line Aranmanai 3.... Coming Soon.

Cast

Production

The project's progress was first officially revealed after Trisha had tweeted her involvement in the sequel and revealed that she would feature alongside Siddharth in the leading roles.[1] Hansika Motwani subsequently also announced that she would work in Aranmanai 2.[2] Poonam Bajwa was later selected for the role.[3] Soori was selected as a comedian replacing N. Santhanam who was part of first film. Kovai Sarala and Aadukalam Naren were also added to the cast to portray supporting roles.[4] The team began the first schedule in mid-June 2015, with scenes involving Hansika canned.[5]

The film's second schedule was began in July where portions involving Trisha and Siddarth were shot. A song sequence involving dancers from Kerala and cast including Siddarth, Trisha, Soori and Kovai Sarala was also canned. The team created a 103 feet statue of the goddess for a song sequence.[6] The principal photography of the film came to an end in mid September and the post production work started.

Music

Aranmanai 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Hiphop Tamizha
Released 27 December 2015
Recorded 2015
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Tamil
Label Think Music India
Producer Hiphop Tamizha
Hiphop Tamizha chronology
Kathakali
(2016)		 Aranmanai 2
(2016)		 Thamizhan Endru Sol
(2016)

The film's soundtrack album and background score were composed by Hiphop Tamizha. The soundtrack album consist of six tracks. The music rights were purchased by Think Music India. The album was released on 27 December 2015.[7] Independent singer Kaushik Krish (who earlier recorded "Kannala Kannala", also composed by Hiphop Tamizha for Thani Oruvan) announced in September 2015 that he was working on a single track from the album,[8] though his name did not appear on the tracklist.[7]

Tracklist
No. TitleLyricsSinger(s) Length
1. "Party With The Pei"  Hiphop TamizhaAdhi Hiphop Tamizha, Kharesma Ravichandran 3:35
2. "Maayaa Maayaa"  VivekKailash Kher, Padmalatha 4:20
3. "Poraadaa Poraadaa"  Hiphop TamizhaAdhi Hiphop Tamizha 3:38
4. "Kuchi Mittai"  Hiphop TamizhaAnthony Dassan 4:12
5. "Amma (The Amman Song)"  PiraisoodanMalathi Lakshman, Adhi Hiphop Tamizha, Vishnu Priya & Anthony Dassan 4:40
6. "Aranmanai 2 (Theme Music)"   Hiphop Tamizha 2:31
Total length:
 22:56

Release

The promotional song of the film 'Party with the Pei' was released on 10 November 2015 coinciding the with Deepavali. The film was announced to be released for Pongal 2016. Then, the release date was pushed to 29 January 2016.

The film released on 29 January 2016 in more than 400 screens in Tamil Nadu. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV.[9]

Critical reception

IndiaGlitz.com had rated 2.5/5 by saying "Aranmanai 2 isn't a genius of a story, it dwells mainly on some slapstick humor, the performances of Hansika, Trisha, Kovai Sarala and Soori, and some real good camera & Art work behind the scenes".[10] Times of India rated the film 2.5/5 and wrote "Despite toeing so closely to the original's formula and being equally unpretentious, Aranmanai-2 feels underwhelming. The horror scenes not even remotely scary (though, the visual effects continue to be tacky). The cast and the director seem to be coasting along with a 'people will see this movie no matter what' attitude, and it is this blatant acknowledgment of the film being just a cash grab that is most disappointing".[11] Behindwoods rated the film 2.25/5.0.[12] Sify wrote "Sundar C’s Aranmanai 2 is a pucca paisa vasool popcorn entertainer, which is packaged with all the commercial trappings like glamour, slapstick comedy and thrilling moments. Set in a familiar milieu, one can easily predict each and every scene and the film will work big time with common man seeking pure time pass entertainment".[13] Silverscreen wrote "At a time when a younger generation of film makers in Kollywood are coming up with well-made horror films like Maya, Pisaasu and Demonte Colony, Aranmanai 2 looks like a grinch in a hip Bengaluru pub. Out of place and awkward". This took 1st place at the sun TV box office for 8 weeks.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Trisha signs `Aranmanai-2` with Sundar C". Sify. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hansika joins Trisha and Siddharth for `Aranmanai 2`". Sify. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Avinash Pandian. "Poonam Bajwa to play the third heroine in Sundar C's Aranmanai 2". Behindwoods. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Naren turns baddie for `Aranmanai 2`". Sify. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Hansika to start shoot for Sundar C`s `Aranmanai 2`". Sify. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "A World Record For Sundar C’s Aranmanai 2?". Behindwoods. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Aranmanai 2 Songs Review". Behindwoods. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Kaushik L M. "Kaushik Krish of Thani Oruvan fame talks about his experience singing Kannala Kannala". Behindwoods. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Aranmanai 2 Movie Database". Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Aranmanai 2 review. Aranmanai 2 Tamil movie review, story, rating — IndiaGlitz.com". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  11. ↑ "Aranmanai 2 Movie review". Times of India. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Aranmanai 2 review — Behindwoods". Behindwoods. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Aranmanai 2 Review: Ghosts & Laughs". Sify. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Aranmanai 2 Review: A Horror Mockery". Silverscreen tris ha acts very well ....For that film will run 100 days .. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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