Maari 2

Maari 2 is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film 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][2] Krishna, Tovino Thomas, Sai Pallavi, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, and Vidya Pradeep play other important roles, among others. 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.[3]

Maari 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBalaji Mohan
Produced byDhanush
Written byBalaji Mohan
StarringDhanush
Krishna
Tovino Thomas
Sai Pallavi
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
Vidya Pradeep
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
CinematographyOm Prakash
Edited byPrasanna GK
Production
company
Distributed byGovindha Arts
Release date
  • 21 December 2018 (2018-12-21)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Picking up from the prequel, the film starts off with Maariyappan aka Maari as the fun-loving gangster with his sidekicks Sanikkizhamai aka Sani (Robo Shankar) and Robert aka Adithangi (lit. punching bag). Maari is chased around by Araathu Aanandi, a "loosu ponnu" (lit. crazy girl) auto 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.

In a parallel storyline, Gangadhar Beeja is shown to have escaped from jail with the cell walls scrawled with the words "Kill Maari". He is out for revenge, as his brother, who was a 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.

Maari gets his 100th murder attempt on his life by his rival Singayya, and to celebrate, Kalai, Sani, and Adithangi throw Maari a party. While coming back, Maari gets attacked, and Aanandi takes him to the hospital and takes care of him.

Kalai's brother Vallavan is shown to be a 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, a job which Maari hates. Aanandi 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 in Kalai's mind. Vallavan is caught by Maari carrying the 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 if 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. Beeja then shoots Maari, but Maari is saved by Aanandi, who took the bullet for him, which ended up in her lower spinal cord, paralysing her legs for life.

The new collector, Vijaya Chamundeshwari IAS, comes out to restore order and stop all gang violence. Maari goes into hiding with Aanandi, whose legs are paralysed. Eight years pass, and Beeja and Kalai have grown to become rich dons, but when Kalai has 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 sees this and 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 (Master Raghavan) with help from the old couple and Sani. Kaali is shown to have inherited his father's behaviour and keeps picking fights in school. Maari then requests Vijaya to stop coming after him (as a request) and says that he changed his ways. When Kaali sees some students in the older grade teasing a teacher, he complains to the principal. In retribution, the boys chase him and try to teach him a lesson, only to get beaten black and blue by Kaali. The area member of council (Stalin), one of the boys' father, 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 his legs for revenge for Aanandi and reveals to him that Maari killed his brother because Beeja could be killed by his own brother for property. Soon Beeja gets sentenced for life term prison. Maari is then shown with his sidekicks continuing his old life.

Cast

Production

Principal photography for the film began on 22 January 2018.[2] Sai Pallavi portrays the female lead,[1] while Tovino Thomas portrays the villain of the film.[4] Shooting ended in August 2018.[5]

As for the technical team for this film, only Om Prakash and Prasanna GK are retained as the cinematographer and editor respectively, following their work in the film's predecessor before. Meanwhile, Yuvan Shankar Raja and A. Amaran are signed as the music director and art director respectively, replacing Anirudh Ravichander and R. K. Vijaimurugan, who earlier handled music and art direction for the previous film.

Music
Maari 2
Soundtrack album by
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released5 November 2018
Recorded2018
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length12:45
LanguageTamil
LabelWunderbar Studios
Divo
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Dhanush
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Sandakozhi 2
(2018)		 Maari 2
(2018)		 Kanne Kalaimaane
(2019)
Singles from Maari 2
  1. "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.

The disco song, "Rowdy Baby" 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. As of February 2020, the song and has gained over 856 million views.[6] 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.

Tracklist (Tamil)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Rowdy Baby"DhanushDhanush, Dhee4:41
2."Maari Gethu"Yuvan Shankar RajaDhanush, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Chinnaponnu, V. M. Mahalingam3:46
3."Maari's Anandhi"DhanushIlaiyaraaja, M. M. Manasi4:19
Total length:12:45
Tracklist (Telugu)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Rowdy Baby"SamratDhanush, M. M. Manasi4:41
2."Maari Century"Krishna KanthRanjith, Jithin Raj, Srivardhini3:46
3."Maari's Aanandhi"SamratAnanthu, M. M. Manasi4:19
Total length:12:45

Release

Maari 2 was released on 21 December 2018.[7]

References
  1. "Dhanush's Maari 2 Is Trending. Here's Why". NDTV. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. "Maari 2 and Suriya 36 commence". The New Indian Express. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. Maari 2 movie review - Times Now News. Retrieved on 21 December 2018.
  4. Tovino Thomas joins ‘Maari 2’ sets. Thenewsminute.com. Retrieved on 22 December 2018.
  5. Dhanush's 'Maari 2' shoot wrapped!. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (11 August 2018). Retrieved on 22 December 2018.
  6. "Rowdy Baby hits 700M views - Industry Hit English". Dailyhunt. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  7. 'Maari 2' to release on December 21 Sify.com. Retrieved on 22 December 2018.
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