Director: Ezhil
Cast: Vimal, Pujaitha, Pugazh, Ravi Mariya, Janaa, Motta Rajendran, Kingsley
Music: Vidyasagar
Runtime: 2h 13min
Release Date: July 11, 2025
12 years since the creation of Desingu Raja (2013), director Ezhil attempts Desingu Raja 2, an attempt to reimagine a country comedy — this time, though, to no avail. The film, featuring an array of comedians and an environment rich with promise, fails to deliver on its one-liners or live up to its name.
Plot Summary
Covering two rival police stations, the story features Vimal, an idle and quirky policeman, and Pugazh, an opposition inspector from the neighboring station. Their stations are continuously on different sides due to frequent cases and politic intervention. Pandemonium erupts when a video disc that consists of illegal recordings of tenure party MLAs partying inside a Coovathur-style resort goes missing.
The rest of the plot revolves around a bizarre probe by Vimal, police officer Pujaitha, and unethical politician Ravi Mariya. Will they recover the disc? And why do all those around them just sit and talk interminably?
Performances & Characters
As hero, Vimal delivers a lean performance—a cameo-like appearance over the course of many scenes, saying a dozen lines or so, and dancing in choreographed moments. Rather anomalously, his screen presence comes more that of a cameo actor instead of lead man. Janaa, playing yet another male lead, is uncomfortably inserted into the plot, and screen time given to him adds nothing to the meaning.
Pugazh, Sathish, Motta Rajendran, and other comedy actors do their bit, but they are bowled over by over-emotional dialogues, melodramatic delivery, and frantic episode endings. The movie ironically features an abundance of comedians, yet one finds oneself struggling to chuckle.
Music & Technicals
Once a master who treated us to traditional numbers like Poovellam Un Vaasam, Vidyasagar disappoints with a forgettable score and average background music. The visuals, however, fail to help the on-screen chaos on screen.
Verdict
Desingu Raja 2 is a very hard effort to portray a comedy and ends up being a cacophonous, jarring watch. What was once director Ezhil’s signature, endearing family entertainer, finally shows one of its weakest efforts here. The film fails to make sense, fails to hold, and fails to deliver on believable humor. For those that fondly remember the first Desingu Raja, they might enter the theater with hope—but leave feeling disillusioned.