Sardar 2 (2026)

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Sardar 2 is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language spy action thriller film directed by P. S. Mithran. Produced by Prince Pictures and IVY Entertainment, it serves as a circumquel to Sardar (2022). The film stars Karthi in a dual role alongside Rajisha Vijayan, Balaji Sakthivel and Aadhira Pandialakshmi reprising their roles from the predecessor, with Malavika Mohanan, Ashika Ranganath and S. J. Suryah joining the cast.

Production

After the success of Sardar (2022), director P. S. Mithran officially announced a sequel at the success meet in October 2022. A promotional teaser for the sequel, titled Sardar 2, was screened at the event and conjunctively uploaded to YouTube, which further revealed that Karthi would reprise his roles as agent Sardar Chandra Bose and Inspector Vijay Prakash; the one-minute promo showcased Vijay Prakash, who was being suspended from the police fo…

Sardar 2 serves as a circumquel to the predecessor. In an August 2026 interview, Mithran recalled that he did not have any ideas for the sequel, but later revisited it as he felt Karthi's character had more drama and depth. Mithran further elaborated that the film would be set in the same world as the predecessor while having more depth and quality. The film was jointly produced by Prince Pictures along with Ishan Saksena of IVY Entertainment.

Mithran began writing the script for the film by August 2023 and was reportedly completed by that December. The film was further reported to be launched in February 2024 and begin filming by April. However, the launch was delayed as Mithran did not start the pre-production. Rathna Kumar joined the film as a co-writer, assisting Mithran on the script works.

By May 2024, Mithran commenced the pre-production process. The team began location scouting in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, the same month, as around 40 percent of the film being shot in international locations. During the recce, the team further shot stock footages which would be used during the film's production. The team also planned to shoot the film on sets as well and three sets were planned to be constructed in Chennai and Hyderabad.

A muhurat puja was held on 12 July at a film city in Chennai with the cast and crew. Mithran's norm technicians—cinematographer George C. Williams and stunt choreographer Dhilip Subbarayan—were retained for the film, after previously working on the predecessor; editor Vijay Velukutty, production designer Rajeevan and stunt choreographer Chethan D'Souza were further brought on board.

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