Vishwaroopam II

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Vishwaroopam II

First look poster
Directed by Kamal Haasan
Produced by Venu Ravichandran
Ekta Kapoor (Hindi)
Shobha Kapoor (Hindi)
Written by Kamal Haasan
Atul Tiwari
Story by Kamal Haasan
Starring Kamal Haasan
Pooja Kumar
Waheeda Rehman
Music by Ghibran
Cinematography Sanu John Vargesse
Shamdat Sainudeen[1]
Editing by Mahesh Narayanan
Studio Aascar Films
Balaji Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • 10 March 2014 (2014-03-10)
Running time 198 mins
Country India
Language Tamil
Hindi
Budget INR850 million (US$14 million)(estimated)

Vishwaroopam II ('Vishwaroop II' in Hindi) is an upcoming Indian spy thriller film simultaneously being made in Tamil and Hindi languages, written and directed by Kamal Haasan. It is the sequel to Vishwaroopam (2013) and stars Kamal Haasan, Rahul Bose, Pooja Kumar and Andrea Jeremiah reprising their roles from the original. While the first film was set in the United States, Vishwaroopam II will take place in India.[2] Produced by Venu Ravichandran in Tamil, the film is also being produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor in Hindi as Vishwaroop II.[3] The film is in its post-production stage and is slated for an early-2014 release.[4] The Tamil version of the film is to be dubbed into Telugu as Viswaroopam II. The rights for Kerala have been sold to Kaleeswari Films and Karnataka to Ganesh Pictures.[5]

Cast

Production

As indicated in the prequel, the film will be set in India. Kamal has earlier indicated that the second part will be laced with a strong mother-son sentiment.[6] He stated that 40% of the film was shot during the making of part one.[7]

Due to personal reasons, cinematographer Sanu Varghese opted out of Vishwaroopam II. He was replaced by Malayali Shamdat Sainuddeen who did Malayalam films like director Shyamaprasad's musical Rithu and Shafi's Marykundoru Kunjadu.[8] M Ghibran was signed up to compose the music.[9][10]

The shooting of Vishwaroopam II started in Thailand[11] and the team shot scenes at the Bangkok airbase.[12] The Chennai schedule of the film started on 13 June.[7]

Haasan has added Waheeda Rahman & Anant Mahadevan for the sequel in addition to the main cast.[13] While part 1 was a little over 2 hours 20 minutes, the sequel's length will be less than 3 hours.[14]

The crew is currently shooting in Kodaikanal hills.[15] Vishwaroopam II released a new trailer on it in the function of IIFA award.[16][17] For the Hindi version, lyricist Prasoon Joshi has replaced Javed Akthar.[18]

Robert Horwell was DoP for the UK Unit. Shooting in London and various other parts of the UK.

Release

Vishwaroopam II is scheduled to release on 10 March 2014. Haasan also stated that the film would be released on DTH in the United States.[19] [20]

References

  1. ↑ "'Sahasam' Shamdat filming Viswaroopam 2". Times of India. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Vishwaroopam-2 to have mother-son angle". Times of India. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Vishwaroopam 2 on August 15th". vishwaroopam2.com. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Vishwaroopam 2 will be racier". iFlickz. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013. 
  5. ↑ http://www.chennaivision.com/news/2013/59725.php
  6. ↑ "Vishwaroopam 2 poised for Aug 15?". Times of India. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "'Vishwaroopam 2' shoot starts in Chennai!". Sify. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013. 
  8. ↑ "'Vishwaroopam 2' to have a new cameraman!". Sify. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Ghibran to compose for Kamal’s film". Times of India. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013. 
  10. ↑ "It was emotionally very disturbing, says Ghibran". Times of India. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Vishwaroopam 2 on track". Indian Express. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013. 
  12. ↑ "'Vishwaroopam 2' canned at Bangkok airbase". CNN IBN. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013. 
  13. ↑ "'Waheeda Rahman & Ananth Mahadevan join Vishwaroop-2'". Taran Adarsh. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013. 
  14. ↑ "'Vishwaroop-2's Length'". Taran Adarsh. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Vishwaroopam 2 Updates". iFlickz. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013. 
  16. ↑ Vishwaroopam 2 Official Trailer Released on IIFA
  17. ↑ Vishwaroopam II. oneindia.in. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  18. ↑ "Vishwaroop 2 Poster with Crew". Retrieved 12 October 2013. 
  19. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/kannada/news-interviews/Kamal-Haasans-Vishwaroopam-2-will-release-on-DTH-in-the-US/articleshow/23284538.cms
  20. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Vishwaroopam-2-confirmed-for-Feb-2014/articleshow/26723355.cms
Works of Kamal Haasan
Director
Writer
See also
  • Rajkamal International

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