Dhilluku Dhuddu 2

Dhilluku Dhuddu 2 is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film written and directed by Rambhala. The film stars Santhanam and Shritha Sivadas, while Rajendran and Urvashi play supporting roles. The film's soundtrack is composed by Shabir. The film is a spiritual sequel to 2016 film Dhilluku Dhuddu and is the second film in the Dhilluku Dhuddu film series. The movie was released to mixed reviews but was a surprise hit at the box-office.

The film was shot in 90 days. The film released on 7 February 2019. The film was remade in Telugu as Raju Gari Gadhi 3. The climax of the movie is heavily inspired by the Hollywood film The Conjuring 2. A third film, titled DD Returns, was released in 2023.

Plot
Viji and his maternal uncle are happy-go-lucky guys who create a nuisance for their neighbours due to their drunken antics. The neighbours try out different methods to escape their antics, but in vain. One of the neighbours, Karthik, who is a doctor by profession, comes across nurse Maya, whom he is in love with. However, when Karthik tries to express his love, he is beaten black and blue by a mysterious ghost. After finding out details about Maya and the ghost, the doctor and other neighbours plot against Viji to make him fall in love with Maya and let the ghost take care of him. Injured in a fight, Viji, seeking a physiotherapist's help, falls in love with Maya, who was engineered by his neighbours. Things take a twist, and Viji is thrashed by the ghost. Viji finds out that Maya's father Garudaraja Bhattadhri is a powerful magician in Kerala and that he had set the ghost to protect Maya. Viji sets out to Kerala to convince Maya's father, along with his uncle. They insult Bhattadhri, and he sets out to do a pooja to harm them. To escape that, they ask for Chakra Mahadevi's help. It turns out that both Bhattadhri and Mahadevi are fake and that there is a real ghost protecting Maya. They go to a black magician, where he reveals the flashback about the ghost.

In 1857, a British man named George Williams went to India, where he seduced girls and ruined their lives. Due to a job transfer, he came to Kerala, where his lustful gaze fell on Devyani Kutti, but he was unaware that she was the daughter of the king of black magic, Marthanda Varma. Soon, Marthanda Varma learned about George, so to kill George, he took the great Yatchi palm script on a pournami day and gave an order to Yatchi to protect his daughter. That night, George proposes to Devyani and at that moment, Yatchi killed George. After British left India, he stuffed Yatchi into an idol and buried it.

After that, Maya's father says that he has a similar Yatchi in his house, so the magician does some pooja to determine whether it is active, so that time it is active. To kill the Yatchi, they need to retrieve the palm script from the bungalow where Maya's father took the Yatchi. Viji and others had various encounters with other ghosts there, and then they finally retrieved the palm script and killed the ghost. The end credits show Viji and Maya's marriage.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Shabir.

Release and reception
The film released on 7 February 2019 to mixed reviews from critics and positive response from audience and became an box office success.

A critic from The Times of India rated the film three out of five wrote that "While many comedy scenes hit the target, some of them fail to do so. The spooky scenes in the pre climax portions have ample fun elements, though it's a bit stretched which affected the mood to a small extent". A critic from Cinema Express rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "Some gags work, some lines are funny, many are offensive… and for the most part, the film’s just tiresome". A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Dhilluku Dhuddu 2 is certainly late to the party as far as the ‘horror comedy’ bandwagon is concerned, but it might just give some hope to Santhanam’s dwindling career". A critic from The Indian Express rated the film one out of five and wrote that "Overall, Dhilluku Dhuddu 2 plays out like a rehashed ‘Lollu Sabha’ rehearsal session, sans purpose, fun and good humour".