Saamy Square

<p>In , (DCP) Aarusaamy was transferred out of after killing corrupt politician Perumal Pichai. He lives happily with his pregnant wife Bhuvana in . Bhuvana wants to become an officer. However, when Perumal Pichai’s men in Tirunelveli were talking about what had happened to him, they speculated that he might be in with his second wife and his three sons: Mahendra Pichai, the oldest; Devendra Pichai, the middle; and Raavana Pichai, the young- Raavana is crueller and more dangerous than his brothers. Saamy applied for a transfer to Tirunelveli to stop Raavana, which was approved. 28 years later, Ramasamy works for Viswanathan, the , in . He intends to pursue IAS as per the wishes of his maternal grandparents. Diya, Viswanathan’s daughter, has just finished her studies and has returned from after completing her studies. When Raavana asks Viswanathan for the pending commission amount to be paid for transferring the party fund secretly, he replies merely to ask the party directly and not him. Irritated, Raavana kidnaps Diya for immediate settlement of payment. Ram rescues her from Raavana’s goons and drops her off at home. She is impressed by his diplomatic nature and falls in love with him. Soon after, Ram accidentally seizes a van containing transferred by Raavana on a commission basis. He hands the money to the without revealing his identity, which frustrates Raavana. Diya constantly proposes to Ram, which he rejects initially but gives in later. Ram succeeds in the and leaves for for one-year training. After his return, his grandparents are shocked to see that he has opted for and that he has been posted as a probationary in Tirunelveli. When Ram asks the reason for their reaction, his grandfather tells the truth that, in fact, his father, Aarusaamy, has been a Deputy Commissioner in Tirunelveli. Ram’s grandfather begins to explain what happened 28 years ago. When Saamy and Bhuvana were on their way to Tirunelveli, they were hacked to death by the Pichai brothers to avenge their father’s death. Before dying, Saamy manages to open his dead wife’s and his child (Ram). Bhuvana’s parents take Ram and escape to , while a truck accident planned by Raavana kills the rest of their family. Agitated by hearing about his tragic past, Ram decides to go to Tirunelveli and get justice for his parents’ deaths. Ram’s grandparents accept his decision, and he leaves for Tirunelveli and decides to take on the Pichai brothers. He initially warns Raavana and vows to bring the brothers before the law for killing his parents. Ram later razes Perumal’s statue, which had been illegally placed at an intersection by Raavana and caused traffic problems. A ensues between Ram and Raavana, with both of them trying to get rid of each other. In response to the president’s orders, Saamy is transferred to Tirunelveli, and Raavana is surprised that they could not transfer him elsewhere. Meanwhile, Viswanathan initially disapproves of Ram and Diya’s love but later accepts it. Ram kills Devendra and Mahendra after an accident caused by them in Devendra’s cracker factory to prevent Ram from seizing illegal extortion money from Raavana, which kills many innocent workers, as well as a pregnant woman. Raavana’s goons start to kill the people of Tirunelveli in revenge. Viswanathan decides to resign from politics because of the embarrassment faced. However, Raavana’s henchmen orchestrate a train accident which kills Viswanathan. Later, Raavana absconds to with his mother’s advice. Ram finds out that Raavana is planning to go to via and , and he tracks him down. After a tiresome fight with desert bandits and Raavana, Ram subdues Raavana but decides to leave him to his fate in the middle of the with no man, town, village, or water source for several hundreds of kilometers. As the , Ram lies to the media Raavana left for Sri Lanka over the fear of being killed. Raavana dies after 17 days in the desert. Soon, Ram and Diya marry. The movie ends with the message, “Saamy’s adventure will continue”. In August 2016, during the audio launch of , director made an official announcement that he would unite with , also echoed by the latter, for a sequel to after 13 years being bankrolled by Shibu Thameens. The was expected to commence in late 2016 with as . During December 2016, Shibu Thameens confirmed that the plan for sequel was still on, putting an end to the rumours of the project being shelved, as director Hari and his team were involved in and would tentatively commence the principal photography in April 2017. In May 2017, it was officially announced that would be the composer, collaborating again with Vikram for the second time after and Hari for the fifth time after , , and . In August 2017, it was reported that lyricist had joined the composer and director for a music composition session at . and were tasked with . , Hari’s regular cinematographer, was selected as well, but later became the cinematographer after Priyan died due to a heart attack in November 2017. The art direction was done by P. Shanmugam and P.V. Balaji, replacing K. Kadhir, who had collaborated with Hari in his previous films. Apart from Vikram reprising his role, was selected as the female lead. and comedian were added to cast along with . was originally going to reprise her role as Bhuvana from the first film but opted out, citing “creative differences”; she was replaced by . refused to reprise his role from the original film as he felt his character was not well developed in this film. Despite the commencement of , the shooting was supposed to be commenced during June or July 2017 as quoted by the film producer. Various sources towards reported that the shoot would start towards the end of September 2017. Finally, the principal photography commenced in from 30 September 2017 onwards. The director also revealed that the film would be shot in , and after shooting considerable portions in Chennai. In early October, the film’s new title was revealed to be . By July 2018, filming was mostly complete except for a song sequence. was released on 21 September 2018. The satellite and digital rights of the film were sold to and . The film was dubbed and released in by and was directly telecasted on . The music was composed by , who replaces the predecessor’s music composer . This film marks the Tamil comeback of Prasad after a hiatus of three years, whose previous Tamil film was (2015). acquired the rights of the soundtrack for the film. All lyrics were written by , except one song, which was penned by the composer himself. The first single, “Adhiroobaney,” was released on 10 July 2018. The second single, “Molagapodiye,” soon followed and released on 18 July 2018. The full soundtrack album of the Tamil version was released on 23 July 2018. received negative reviews from critics with praise for Vikram’s performance and action sequences, but criticized its plot, script, direction, music and humor. M. Suganth of gave 2/5 stars and wrote “The nods to the first film only makes the shortcomings much more obvious. But what is truly unforgivable is that it ruins our memories of the first film.” Priyanka Sundar of gave 2/5 stars and wrote “Vikram’s new film is exactly the same as with the only difference being how director Hari has presented the lead character.” Janani. K of gave 2/5 stars and wrote ” s premise had enough meat to qualify as a perfect commercial entertainer. But a sluggish first half and weak writing in parts make the film enjoyable only in certain places.” gave 2/5 stars and wrote “Go for this ride if you are a fan of Vikram and are immune to .” Sowmya Rajendran of wrote “The screenplay for ‘Saamy Square’ probably reads as an endless series of slaps.” Srinivasa Ramanujam of wrote “A loud, over-the-top revenge drama that is not a patch on part one.”</p>