Chennai 600028 II

''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

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

Production

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. 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", while Charan reiterated the same in an interview later. In 2011, sources said that a sequel to ''Chennai 28'' had been planned earlier but was not "on cards as of now". In 2012, Venkat Prabhu again expressed interest in making a sequel, stating "I personally love to do Chennai- 28 with the tagline Second Innings". 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. 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. Actor Viraj who appeared in the first film as a small boy, reprised his role in this film.

Soundtrack

The film has songs composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Release

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

Critical reception

M. Suganth of ''The Times of India'' rated the film three-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote, "The success of ''Chennai 6000028 II: Second Innings'' lies in how smartly Venkat Prabhu weaves in the elements that we loved in the first film even though the setting and the dramatic angle of this film is different. Venkat Prabhu retains the themes that made the earlier film a modern-day cult classic — our obsessions with cricket and friendships — and also addresses his characters’ problems as adults". Vishal Menon of ''The Hindu'' wrote, "This sequel is especially for the fans of the original, the cult hit that was 'Chennai 600028'."

Manoj Kumar R. of ''The Indian Express'' gave the film three out of five stars and wrote, "''Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings'' does have some shortcomings in terms of narration and comedy when compared to its predecessor. But, the film’s steady pace and cricket makes it watchable. While Venkat hit a sixer with ''Chennai 600028'', he has somehow managed a four with the sequel."

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2016 films
2010s Tamil-language films
2010s Indian films
Films directed by Venkat Prabhu
Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Indian sequel films
Indian sports comedy films
Films about cricket in India
Films shot in Tirunelveli
2010s sports comedy films
Tamil-language Indian films
Films set in Theni
Films shot in Theni