Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander | |
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Directed by | Perarasu |
Written by | Perarasu |
Produced by | Ajmal 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 by | Samjith Muhammed |
Music by | R. A. Shafeer Background Score: S. P. Venkatesh |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Central Pictures |
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Running time | 160 minutes (Malayalam Version) 164 minutes (Tamil Version) |
Country | India |
Languages | Malayalam 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]
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]
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]
Music by R. A. Shafeer.
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".
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]