Official: Vikram’s Saamy 2 starts rolling

Vikram had recently finished shooting for his Gautham Menon movie Dhruva Natchathiram. The actor has now joined the sets of Saamy 2 in Chennai. The movie went on floors today with a customary pooja ceremony. Director Hari, who helmed the first part, is directing this sequel as well.

Vikram will be reprising his character Aarusaaamy, the honest and tough cop, from his 2003 superhit movie Saamy. Trisha, who played the female lead in the first part has also been retained for the sequel. Keerthy Suresh will also be playing a major role in Saamy 2.

National award winner Bobby Simha has been roped in to play the antagonist’s role. As per the director, Bobby Simha’s villain role will be a very intense one which will be as competitive as Vikram’s. Their combination scenes will be the movie’s major highlight. Prabhu, Delhi Ganesh, John Vijay, Soori and Imman Annachi are also part of the supporting cast.

Priyan will be handling the cinematography and Devi Sri Prasad is in charge of the music department. Just like Hari’s previous films, this one will also have a tight schedule and the team is planning to wrap it up by January.

Shoot has been planned in locations all across the country like Tirunelveli, Chennai, Kerala, Delhi, Noida, Agra, Jaipur, Nainital and Nepal. The team will be heading to Missouri and a few foreign countries to shoot the songs. Shibu Thameens, who previously produced Vikram’s Irumugan, will be funding this movie under the banner of Thameens Films.