Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander

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Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander
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Theatrical release poster of Malayalam version
Directed by Perarasu
Written by Perarasu
Produced byAjmal Hassan
Starring Unni Mukundan
Mammootty
R. Parthiban
Akanksha Puri
K.C.Shankar
Vijayaraghavan
Madhu
Rahul Menon
Devan
Manoj K. Jayan
Cinematography Sekhar 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-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 Mammootty in the lead. Unni Mukundan played the lead role of Jordan, the son of Alexander who was the protagonist in the prequel. [1] Akanksha Puri plays the female lead role. The film was partially reshot in Tamil as Tihar. [2]

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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. [3]

Cast

Tamil version

Production

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. [4]

The film was shot in Tamil as Tihar with Parthiban. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Soundtrack

Music by R. A. Shafeer.

Malayalam version
Tamil version

Reception

Malayalam version

Samrajyam 2 received highly negative reviews. 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". [9] 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

Tihar received negative reviews. A critic from Nowrunning wrote that "Overall, Tihar is an utterly annoying action drama with endless number of poorly choreographed action sequences". [2]

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