''Charlie Chaplin 2'' is a 2019 Indian

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written and directed by Shakthi Chidambaram. The film stars

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and

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. The film is a sequel to the 2002 film ''

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''. The music for the film is scored by Amresh Ganesh. The film is produced by T. Siva under the production banner Amma Creations. The film was released on 25 January 2019 to negative reviews.

Plot

A young groom jeopardises his upcoming wedding after sending an abusive message to his bride, while under the influence of alcohol. Upon realising his mistake, he struggles to make amends for it and save the wedding.

Cast

as Thiru *

as Ramakrishnan *

as Sara *

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as "Psychology" Saara *

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as Dubai Raja *

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as Akash *Chandhana Raj as Mahi * T. Siva as Chidambaram *

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as Thanga Lakshmi *

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as Bullet Pushparaj * Luthfudeen as "Mimicry" Manish * Dev Gill as Smuggler * Samir Kochhar as Cellphone Bazaar owner *

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as MLA *Kavya Suresh as MLA's wife *

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as Homosexual man *

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as Bullet Pushparaj's assistant *Velmurugan as Bullet Pushparaj's assistant *

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as Sara's sister's husband *

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as Hotel worker *Golisoda Seetha as Sumangali *

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Release

''Charlie Chaplin 2'' was released on 25 January 2019.

Marketing

The official trailer of the film was unveiled by director

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on 15 January 2019 on the eve of

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Reception

Thinkal Menon of ''

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'' rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote, "Though the movie provides laughs in certain sequences as expected, the logic goes for a toss several times. The number of songs, which make no impact, too, test the patience." S. Subhakeerthana of ''

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'' gave the film one-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote, "''Charlie Chaplin 2'', a wasted sequel, is carelessly written with a bad screenplay and outdated ‘jokes’." Sudhir Srinivasan of ''

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'' wrote, "Lazily done and insensitive, the film may not even go on to make for attractive television". Srinivasa Ramanujam of ''

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'' wrote, "A comedy of errors that ends up eliciting only a few laughs". Anjana Shekar of ''

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'' wrote, "the jokes are so poorly written that it might want to make you exit the theatre immediately." Sreedhar Pillai of ''

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'' wrote, "Basically the film is some comic situations put together which, on paper may have made the team laugh but execution on screen falls flat." Anupama Subramanian of ''

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'' wrote, "Logic goes for a toss nearly throughout the entire proceedings. There seemed to be editing jumps as well. After a point, with so many characters walking in and out of each frame, we get a feeling as if we are watching a mega-serial."

References

External links

* {{Sakthi Chidambaram Indian comedy films Indian sequel films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films 2019 films Films directed by Sakthi Chidambaram Tamil-language Indian films