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7 years in production. Budget issues. Prosthetic makeup issues. Crew member deaths. Covid & deaths of Vivek & Nedumudu Venu (latter being a key figure since the 1996 film.)

What did we get? A confused 2 track vigilance film that doesnt present anything new to us & poor tamil dubbing of Senapathy's killings in Surat & Punjab. Senapathy's character mimics the Anniyan by replace Garuda Puran with different Varmams, but even his rambling on them goes overboard. Siddharth and his YT team are the Anti corruption force cleaning up the mess in their homes. After 3/4 of the film stops being padded with back and forth scenes, Shankar remembered he has a Part 3 to build up & leaves the film with a trailer which looked more interesting with Veerasekharan's story. But otherwise, the film hardly keeps you engaged and the making is outdated.

There's nothing redeeming in Indian 2 that convinces the viewer to watch part 3. Would have suggested to cut out the songs of the model and that anthem of senapathy as they added no value to the movie.

If you're watching 02 - the beginning right after Last Evolution Kizuna, you may end up with more questions than satisfaction.

While the timeline placement does follow the events of Kizuna, the 02 kids don't have a whole lot of emotional consequences compared to what Taichi and Yamato and the 01 gang went through (you do get a blink-and-miss cameo.) The Beginning feels like another Tri episode and the majority of the film is focused on Lui and Ukkomon.

The dub did have confused moments where Jogress and DNA digivolve were intertwined plenty of times. Also the fate of the 6 is pretty questionable as they currently have alternative tools for digivolution.

Hope this isn't the end of Adventure and more is in the offering from Toei. Here's hoping Toei will continue this path of Adventure films as canonically, they have like 15 years left before the end game epilogue (unless that plans to be retconned.)

Mani's touch is very much alive and kicking with this adaptation of Kalki's novel. Though I hadn't read the book completely, I (alone) was somewhat able to follow along with the characters introduced and settings setup along the way.

The first half is well executed, but the second half was too lengthy especially in the Lanka portions. However for some, this is a slightly complex narrative that would require great patience in understanding who-whos by kingdom and clan and their ulterior motives. Casting and acting is well done.

ARR's score is subline, but some songs weren't needed.

Overall, it's a good one time watch. I can't help but wonder whether PS is better suited as a web series than a feature film as I did feel at times characters come and go without establishing a greater presence for audiences to sink in. That and this narrative is overtly complex for a Non-book reader or non-tamilian to absorb as a Pan-Indian genre. Perhaps a more graphic explanation is required for ease like a family tree.