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Maari 2 is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action comedy-drama film written and directed by Balaji Mohan. It is a sequel to his 2015 film Maari. Dhanush, besides producing the film under his company Wunderbar Films, also stars as the title character, reprising his role from the first film.[1] The film also stars Sai Pallavi, Tovino Thomas, Krishna, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in the prominent roles. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with cinematography by Om Prakash and editing by Prasanna GK. The film released on 21 December 2018 to mixed reviews from critics.[2]

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Maari 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Balaji Mohan
Written by	Balaji Mohan
Produced by	Dhanush
Starring	Dhanush Sai Pallavi Tovino Thomas Krishna Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
Cinematography	Om Prakash
Edited by	Prasanna GK
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production company	Wunderbar Films
Distributed by	Govindha Arts
Release date	21 December 2018 (2018-12-21)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Maariyappan aka Maari is a fun-loving gangster whose sidekicks are Sanikkizhamai and Robert aka Adithangi (punching bag). Maari is chased around by Araathu Aanandi, an auto rickshaw driver who is head over heels in love with him. However, try as she might, Maari does not give her a second glance and constantly shows his annoyance to her.

Meanwhile, Beeja aka Thanathos has escaped from prison, after killing two officers, with the cell walls scrawled with the words Kill Maari. He is out for vengeance as his brother, who was a defence lawyer, promised to get Beeja released from jail. Unfortunately, his brother is killed at the hands of Maari as the former tried to molest Aanandi's elder sister. This is also the reason why Aanandi loves Maari. While coming back after a party, Maari gets attacked, Aanandi takes him to the hospital and takes care of him. Kalai's brother Vallavan is shown to be hand-in-glove with Singayya, who has formed an alliance with Beeja to overthrow Maari. As per Beeja's plan, Vallavan asks Sani to send Aanandi for a job, which turns out to be drug smuggling. Aanandi unknowingly goes to do the job and gets caught by Kalai. On confronting Aanandi, she tells him that Maari asked her to do it. This sparks a doubt for Kalai. Vallavan is caught by Maari carrying drugs, and when Maari confronts Kalai, a fight erupts. Maari and his sidekicks set fire to all the drugs, and Beeja kills Vallavan to make it look as Maari killed him. Kalai gets enraged and orders his men to kill Maari. Maari is injured in the battle, and Beeja reveals himself as the perpetrator and shoots Maari, but Maari is saved by Aanandi, who took the bullet for him, which ended up in her spinal cord, paralysing her for life.

The new District collector, Vijaya Chamundeshwari, comes out to restore order and stop all gang violence. Maari goes into hiding with Aanandi, whose legs are paralysed. Eight years pass, Beeja and Kalai have grown to become rich dons, but when Kalai has a clear chance to become the MLA candidate of the ruling party, Beeja usurps that chance by threatening Kalai and his family. Vijaya, now the Deputy-Home secretary, in an effort to find Maari, posts his picture along with Aanandi's on newspapers. Maari meets Vijaya, requesting her to remove the photos. Maari then reveals that he was living in Tenkasi with an elderly couple. Aanandi got pregnant, and a healthy baby boy was born. However, due to complications by the paralysis, Aanandi dies minutes after childbirth. Maari then raises the boy, called Kaali with help from the old couple, Sani and Robert. Kaali is shown to have inherited Maari's behaviour and keeps picking fights in school. Maari then requests Vijaya to stop coming after him as he changed his ways. When Kaali sees some students teasing a teacher, he complains about them to the principal. In retribution, the boys chase and attack him, only to get thrashed by Kaali. The council's area member, who is also father of one of the boys, calls Kaali to hit him, but Maari goes and begs for forgiveness.

Meanwhile, the city police commissioner mentions to the media that there is an informer within Beeja's gang. Using his moles in the police department, Beeja tries to figure out who the mole is but fails. It is then revealed that there was not any mole and that the whole story was fabricated to identify the corrupt policemen in the department, including the commissioner. Also, Beeja has been in ties with the commissioner and was the mole himself. He had been leaking info about his men so that he may come out clear to become an MLA candidate. It is also revealed that despite begging for forgiveness, the counsellor insisted on his son beating up Kaali, and so, Maari beats up the counsellor and his henchmen. In a final encounter, the police turns against Beeja. Maari fights Beeja and paralyses him for revenge for Aanandi and reveals to him that Maari killed his brother because Beeja could be killed by his own brother for wealth. Soon Beeja gets sentenced to life term prison. Maari is then shown with his sidekicks continuing his old life and also reunites with Kalai.

Cast

Production

Development

Following the release of Maari, director Balaji Mohan announced the sequel of the film in November 2015, with Dhanush again in the lead, and also hinted that the film will kickstart shooting from January 2016.[3] In an interaction with the media, the director stated that the film will have more depth to Dhanush's character.[4] The film's shoot was expected to take place in early 2017,[5] and the film's script was finalised in December 2016.[6] However, the film's first schedule was rescheduled to take place in August 2017, because of Dhanush's commitments with other projects.[7] In September 2017, Balaji Mohan said via tweet that the film will be a bilingual film in Tamil and Telugu; however, the Telugu version was dropped.[8]

Casting

On 24 September 2017, it was announced that Tovino Thomas joined the cast, portraying the antagonist.[9] A few days later, Sai Pallavi was finalised as the heroine.[10] Later actor Krishna, joined the cast on 7 October 2017.[11] Varalaxmi Sarathkumar joined the cast in December 2017.[12]

Anirudh Ravichander who composed for the film's first part was expected to join its successor. However, Balaji Mohan announced in December 2017 that Yuvan Shankar Raja was the composer of Maari 2.[13] Om Prakash and Prasanna GK are retained as the cinematographer and editor respectively, following their work in the film's predecessor before. A. Amaran was signed as the art director respectively, replacing R. K. Vijaimurugan, who earlier handled art direction for the previous film.

Filming

The film's puja ceremony took place on 14 December 2017,[14] but principal photography began on 22 January 2018.[15] The first schedule of the film took place in Tenkasi.[16] Varalaxmi began shooting for her portions in mid-February.[17] The makers completed 40% of the film's shoot before the strike announced by Tamil Film Producers Council on 16 March 2018,[18] and resumed shooting in April after the strike called off.[19] The song sequence for "Rowdy Baby" was filmed on 2 August, under the supervision of dance choreographer Prabhu Deva.[20] After the song sequence filmed, the makers wrapped principal photography on 24 August 2018.[21]

Music

Maari 2
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released	5 November 2018
Recorded	2018
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	12:45
Language	Tamil
Label	Wunderbar Studios Divo
Producer	Yuvan Shankar Raja Dhanush
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Sandakozhi 2 (2018) Maari 2 (2018) Kanne Kalaimaane (2019)
Singles from Maari 2
"Rowdy Baby" Released: 25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)

Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the soundtrack album and background score for Maari 2, collaborating with Dhanush once again after a 10-year hiatus, since their last film Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008). It also marks the composer's first collaboration with Balaji Mohan. The audio rights of the film are secured by the production house's subsidiary audio label Wunderbar Studios, with Divo as their digital partner. The album features three tracks written by Dhanush and Yuvan Shankar Raja himself, and was released on 5 November 2018, except one track which was released as a single.

"Rowdy Baby", sung by Dhanush and Dhee, was released as the first single on 25 October 2018. The video song which was released on YouTube in January 2019, received positive reviews for the choreography as well as its picturisation. On 16 November 2020, it became the first south Indian song to reach 1 billion views on YouTube.[22] The other two songs "Maari Gethu" sung by Dhanush, Chinnaponnu, V. M. Mahalingam and Yuvan Shankar Raja, with lyrics penned by the latter and "Maari's Anandhi", written by Dhanush, and sung by Ilaiyaraaja and M. M. Manasi, was released as a part of the soundtrack album.

Release

Maari 2 was released on 21 December 2018.[23] The film was later dubbed and released in Hindi as Maari on YouTube on 15 July 2019 by Goldmines Telefilms. The Hindi dubbed version crossed more than 150 million views.[24]

Awards and nominations

• Filmfare Awards South
• Filmfare Award for Best Choreographer- South - Prabhudeva & Jani - "Rowdy baby" - Won
• Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Tamil - Dhanush - "Rowdy baby" -Nominated
• Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Tamil - Dhee - "Rowdy baby" -Nominated
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil - Sai Pallavi - Nominated

References

External links

• Maari 2 at IMDb

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