Vetrimaaran's Viduthalai Part 2 gets a release date

The success of Soori-Vijay Sethupathi starrer Viduthalai Part 1, directed by Vetrimaaran, has created a lot of anticipation about the second installment, Viduthalai Part 2. The films are based on Jeyamohan's short story Thunaivan.

The makers announced on Thursday that the film will be released worldwide in Tamil and Telugu on December 20 this year.

While most of the second part had been shot during the production of the first part itself, the remainder of the filming and an extensive postproduction did not permit an immediate release after Part 1's success.

Viduthalai Part 1 was released last year to commercial and critical acclaim. Viduthalai Part 2 will see Soori, Vijay Sethupathi, Chethan, Bhavani Sre, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Rajiv Menon, Ilavarasu, Balaji Sakthivel, Saravana Subbiah, and Munnar Ramesh reprising their roles from the first film.

On the technical team, the film, which is the final stages of filming, has music composed by Ilaiyaraaja, cinematography handled by R Velraj and editing by R Ramar. It is produced by Elred Kumar under the RS Infotainment banner and Vetrimaaran's Grass Root Film Company. Both Viduthalai Parts 1 and 2 were earlier screened at the Rotterdam Film Festival.