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Demonte Colony II: Vengeance of the Unholy
Directed byR. Ajay Gnanamuthu
Written byR. Ajay Gnanamuthu
Venky Venugopal
Rajavel
Produced by
  • Vijay Subaramaniam
  • RC Rajkumar
  • Bobby Balachandran
Starring
CinematographyDeepak D. Menon
Edited byKumaresh D
Music bySam C. S.
Production
companies
Gnanamuthu Pattarai
Wild Nights Entertainment
BTG Universal
Distributed byRed Giant Movies
Release date
  • 15 August 2024 (2024-08-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Demonte Colony II (also marketed as Demonte Colony II: Vengeance of the Unholy) is an upcoming Tamil-language horror thriller film directed by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu and produced by Gnanamuthu Pattarai, together with Wild Nights Entertainment and BTG Universal. The sequel to Demonte Colony (2015), Arulnithi reprises role as Srinivasan, with Priya Bhavani Shankar, Antii Jaaskielainen, Tsering Dorjee and Arun Pandian joining the cast.

In 2022, Venky Venugopal was announced as the director of the sequel. That November, however, Gnanamuthu replaced him, while he would still be part of the writing team. Principal photography commenced the same month and was predominantly shot in Chennai. Filming wrapped by late-June 2023. The film has music composed by Sam C. S, cinematography handled by Deepak D. Menon and editing by Kumaresh D.

Demonte Colony II was initially scheduled to release in September 2023, but was postponed due to reasons unknown. It is now scheduled to release worldwide on 15 August 2024.

Cast

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Production

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Seven years after Demonte Colony's release, it was reported that production for a sequel of the film would begin soon. The lead actor, Arulnithi, would reportedly reprise his role and R. Ajay Gnanamuthu would be writing the film while his associate Venky would direct it.[1] That May, Gnanamuthu confirmed the project, and revealed that Venky would be directing it.[2][3] Gnanamuthu also stated that he will also be funding the project and that production will begin in July.[4] The sequel would be the second instalment in the franchise.[5] The project would be funded by Gnanamuthu's Gnanamuthu Pattarai, along with Kasi Viswananthan's Wild Nights Entertainment.[6] The companies made a public announcement on 30 November 2022, however,[7] revealing that Gnanamuthu had replaced Venky in directing the project.[8] Subtitled Vengeance of the Unholy, Priya Bhavani Shankar was announced being part of the cast the same day.[9]

On 8 January 2023, the makers had released a 2-minute video, which revealed the cast and crew, which includes Antii Jaaskielainen, Tsering Dorjee, Arunpandian and Muthukumar in the cast roles, while composer Sam C. S., cinematographers Harish Kannan and Deepak Menon and editor Kumaresh D in the crew roles.[10] Gnanamuthu had also chosen production designer Ravi Pandi, stunt choreographer Ganesh, costume designers Navadevi Rajkumar and Malini Karthikeyan and visual effects supervisor Fazil for the technical crew. Mugesh Sharma and VG Balasubramaniam were chosen as the executive producers.[11][12]

Principal photography began with the first schedule on 30 November 2022 in Chennai.[9] Arulnithi had wrapped up shooting his portions by 18 May.[13] The whole film shooting wrapped up by 28 June.[14] On 8 July, the team released a behind-the-scenes video also announcing the film releases in September 2023.[15] By August, Bobby Balachandran of BTG Universal had acquired the film's complete rights, and would be credited as producer.[16]

Music

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The soundtrack and background scores for the film is composed by Sam C. S. in his fourth collaboration with Arulnithi after Iravukku Aayiram Kangal (2018), K-13 (2019), Thiruvin Kural (2023); maiden with Ajay.[10] The first single "Naraga Melangal" was released on 4 January 2024.[17]

Release

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Demonte Colony II was initially scheduled to release in September 2023, but was postponed due to reasons unknown.[15] It is now scheduled to release worldwide on 15 August 2024 in theatres.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Arulnithi's Demonte Colony sequel to begin soon!". The Times of India. 10 March 2022. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Ajay Gnanamuthu turns Demonte Colony with Arulnithi into a franchise". The Times of India. 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ^ Rajendran, Gopinath (23 May 2022). "Arulnithi-Ajay Gnanamuthu reunite for 'Demonte Colony 2'". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ^ Rajaraman, Kaushik (23 May 2022). "Stories ready for next three parts of Demonte Colony: Ajay Gnanamuthu". DT Next. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Cobra director Ajay Gnanamuthu has stories ready for the next three parts of Demonte Colony, details inside". OTTPlay. 24 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Demonte Colony 2 to go on floors in July". Only Kollywood. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  7. ^ Menon, Thinkal (30 November 2022). "Ajay Gnanamuthu announces multiple surprises on the much-awaited sequel to Demonte Colony, leaves fans ecstatic". OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  8. ^ Sundar, Anusha (30 November 2022). "Sequel of Demonte Colony goes on floors". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b "'Demonte Colony 2' featuring Arulnithi and Priya Bhavani Shankar goes on floors". The Times of India. 30 November 2022. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  10. ^ a b "'Demonte Colony 2': Makers reveal the entire cast and crew of the sequel". The Times of India. 8 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  11. ^ R, Chandhini (7 January 2023). "Makers of Demonte Colony 2 announce cast and crew". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  12. ^ Think Music India (7 January 2023). Demonte Colony 2 – Announcement Video | Arulnithi, Priya Bhavani Shankar| Ajay R Gnanamuthu | Sam CS. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2024 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ "Arulnithi completes shooting for 'Demonte Colony 2'". The Times of India. 18 May 2023. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Arulnithi and Priya Bhavani Shankar's Demonte Colony 2 shooting wrapped up". The Times of India. 28 June 2023. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  15. ^ a b "'Demonte Colony 2' to release in September; makers drop a BTS video". The Times of India. 8 July 2023. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Demonte Colony 2 gets a new producer". Cinema Express. 1 August 2023. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Demonte Colony 2 first single Naraga Melangal is here". Cinema Express. 4 January 2024. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Arulnithi's 'Demonte Colony 2' to release on August 15". The Times of India. 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
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Category:2020s Indian films Category:Indian horror films Category:Indian prequel films Category:Indian sequel films Category:Tamil-language Indian films Category:Upcoming Tamil-language films

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