Actor Rajinikanth, who was filming the second schedule of Nelson Dilipkumar's highly anticipated Jailer 2 in Palakkad and Coimbatore for the last one week, returned to Chennai on Wednesday. Greeting reporters and addressing the film's latest developments, Rajinikanth said noted that the action entertainer's shooting is progressing swiftly.
During the
same time, when a reporter probed about the film's release date, he said that
it would hit screens on June 12 next year. He also congratulated Mohanlal for
winning the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 71st National Film Awards and
expressed his happiness on the actor winning the prestigious honour.
A sequel to
the 2023 film Jailer, Jailer 2 sees
the return of Nelson as the director. Rajinikanth will be seen reprising his
role of ‘Tiger’ Muthuvel Pandian, alongside Ramya Krishnan, who portrayed the
role of his wife in the first film. Shivarajkumar, who made a cameo appearance in
the first film, confirmed being a part of the sequel as well. It is yet to be
confirmed whether Mohanlal and Jackie Shroff, who also had powerful cameos in
the film, will be back for the second instalment.
Interestingly,
the stellar ensemble is expected to get more star-studded in the sequel, with
names like Nandamuri Balakrishna, Suraj Venjaramoodu,
Vidya Balan and Mithun Chakraborty speculated to be part of the cast.
Additionally, Malayalam actor Anna Raajan, best known for her breakthrough role
in Lijo Jose Pellissery's Angamaly Diaries (2017),
announced that she is a part of the upcoming Rajinikanth vehicle.
Backed by
Kalanithi Maran's Sun Pictures, Jailer 2 will
have music composed by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography by Vijay Kartik
Kannan and editing by R Nirmal. Plot details, along with the actors part of the
extended cast are yet to be announced by the makers.
he action sequences in the film are already
generating hype. Previously we reported that, as per speculations, the climax
will showcase Vijay’s character battling humanoids, touching upon the theme of
“Humans vs AI”. The finale is rumoured to be one of the most visually ambitious
spectacles ever attempted in Indian cinema, though for now, these remain only
fan-fuelled theories.
As Jana Nayagan prepares for its Pongal 2026
release, it is set for a clash at the box office with Sivakarthikeyan’s period
drama Parasakthi, directed by Sudha Kongara, which hits
screens on January 14, 2026.
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