Mysskin, Andrea Jeremiah join hands for Tamil horror-thriller Pisaasu 2

Filmmaker Mysskin and actor-singer Andrea Jeremiah will join hands for the first time for the sequel to the former's Tamil horror-thriller hit Pisaasu (2014). The announcement was made via a statement on Sunday on the occasion of the director’s birthday.

The sequel will be bankrolled by RockFort Entertainment. As per the statement, shooting for the project will commence from November. Meanwhile, the makers will finalise the rest of the cast and crew.

“Proud and happy to announce our next production venture with renowned director Mysskin. A sequel to 214 blockbuster movie Pisaasu titled Pisaasu 2. Starring Andrea Jeremiah in the lead role,” read the statement.

Interestingly, the sequel will have music by Karthik Raja, the eldest son of maestro Ilayaraja.

Pisaasu is the story of a ghost who falls in love with the last man to lend her a helping hand before she passed away. The original starred Naga, Prayaga Martin and Radha Ravi. The film was extremely well received at the box-office.

This will be Mysskin’s second sequel foray. He had recently commenced work on Thupparivaalan 2 (2020); however, he opted out of the project over budget constraints after shooting briefly. Following Mysskin’s exit, actor Vishal took over the reins of the project.

Work on the sequel commenced last November in London. The makers had revealed in a statement that a major portion of the film will be shot in the United Kingdom.

“Mysskin had started location hunting in London in August and had spent about a month-and-a-half there. But when they started shooting in November, there were problems pertaining to location permission. Usually, when you shoot abroad, you need to have permissions in place at least a month in advance. But the team had no proper plan and the shoot had to be halted for several days because there were no permits. This cost them a lot of money. They shot in London till December 11 and returned to India, after spending about Rs12 crore for that schedule. That, coupled with this requirement for additional budget, erupted in a huge problem,” read the statement.

Mysskin also has a yet-untitled Tamil film with actor Arun Vijay in his kitty. In this project, Arun is rumoured to be playing a cop.