Pichaikkaran 2

Pichaikkaran 2 (2023)

பிச்சைக்காரன் 2

A poor man with a painful past becomes a victim of illegal brain replacement surgery, leaving him to struggle in the shoes of a rich billionaire.

Date of release
2023-05-19
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (13)
Runtime
2h 28m
Genres
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
Director
Vijay Antony
Collection
Pichaikkaran Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Pichaikkaran 2 also known as Pichaikkaran 2: Anti Bikili is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action film written and directed by Vijay Antony in his directorial debut. The film stars Antony in a dual role, alongside an ensemble cast of Kavya Thapar, Radha Ravi, Yogi Babu, Hareesh Peradi, Dev Gill, John Vijay, Y. G. Mahendran and Mansoor Ali Khan. It is a standalone sequel to the 2016 film Pichaikkaran.

Production

After the success of Pichaikkaran, its lead actor Vijay Antony planned to make a sequel in 2020 and had approached Sasi to direct the sequel, but he was busy with other commitments, due to which Antony searched for directors and chose Priya Krishnaswamy. The first look poster was released on 24 July 2020. The crew announced that the film will be dubbed in Telugu and titled Bichagadu 2. However, Priya opted out of the film crew.

Principal photography began on 1 September 2021. The film was shot in Chennai, Malaysia, Kolkata, Georgia, and Dubai. On 13 December 2022, three of the film's technicians were arrested for taking a shot with a drone camera above the Madras High Court without permission from authorities.

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