The press conference of the film Kumki-2, produced by Thaval Kada and presented by Dr. Jayanthi Lal Kada (Pen Studios), was held in Chennai on 06.11.2025. The film, directed by Prabhu Solomon, features debutant Madhi, Sritha Rao, Andrews, Arjun Das, Akash, Srinath, Harish Peradi and director Thiruchelvam among others. Nivas K Prasanna has composed the music. Sukumar has handled the cinematography. The special guests and crew who attended the event spoke as follows
Actress Sritha Rao said,
I am happy that my dream has come true. I am very happy to have worked with director Prabhu Solomon sir. There is no light when shooting in the forest. There is no network on the mobile phone. We have worked on the film amidst many such problems.
Hero Madhi was very supportive. When I look at Sukumar’s cinematography, it’s like a beautiful dream. He said, “Thank you to Lingusamy sir, Bose sir and everyone.”
Director Nithilan spoke,
Director Prabhu Solomon is a very realistic and honest person. He doesn’t hesitate to say what’s on his mind. In a TV debate, he said, “We don’t want a good film that doesn’t run, we don’t want a bad film that runs, we want a good film that runs.” I liked that very much. He was one of the judges on tomorrow’s director’s show. Then he would beautifully point out the flaws. He would even say the flaws positively. Prabhu Solomon sir is the main reason why I am standing here. My thanks to him.
Everyone knows that Kumki is an important film in Tamil cinema. Similarly, they would call it a fan boy incident, right? Similarly, he said something like a fan incident. If the film is a huge success like he said, I hope it will be another peacekeeping film. I think that film will be released after Kumki-2.
Congratulations to my friend Prasanna, Sukumar, Madhi and all the associates who worked on the film who showed mass in the film Bisan.
I wish Kumki-2 to be a bigger success than the film Kumki-1.
Speaking, director Madon Ashwin said,
The feeling of participating in the director’s show tomorrow is still coming back. Because Prabhu Solomon sir, who was a judge, is there. Keekee, who hosted the show, is also there. Prabhu Solomon sir was the one who led a group like Nithilan, Pakiyaraj Kannan, Aswath Marimathu, who participated in that season, and became a director.
After watching my short film, he said, “Tell me a story, I will produce it.” I left my job. But I don’t have a story right now, so I said, “I will work as an assistant director for you.”
His favorite place to tell stories is his Innova car. From the sequel to the yet-to-be-released film Mambo, I know a line of story. Kumki-2 is not the only one that did not speak. If I had spoken, I would have read this story too.
I am eager to see people celebrate this film as I enjoyed watching Kumki-1 in the theater.
I thank Lingusamy sir for pointing out the flaws in my films Mandela and Maveeran.
I wish the film a huge success.
Speaking, director Brinda Sarathi said,
I have been writing dialogues for Lingusamy’s film. Not only because I write well, but also because he is his friend, who is giving me opportunities.
Even though Madhi is the second generation in her family, Corona has shown that it is not easy to succeed in cinema. I wish Madhi to act in many films after hearing good stories like this and succeed.
Where are birds, animals, squirrels, etc. in a forest? Sukumar has shown it beautifully by knowing about the forest in detail, starting from what it would be like if a raindrop falls in the forest. Prabhu Solomon sir knows the forest better than Veerappan.
The song I listened to the most recently is Theekolluthi. This song and the film Bison have opened a big door for Nivas Ke Prasanna. At this time, Kumki-2 is even more special. Congratulations to Nivas Ke Prasanna.
Animals have more feelings and knowledge than humans. Prabhu Solomon said that this film has shown the bond between a boy and an elephant very well.
While speaking, director Saran said,
I saw this film in Lingusamy’s office when it was in production. I thought the entire film was a forest. Only later did I realize that Jayanthi Lal Ghada was the reason.
I am standing here on behalf of the protagonist Madhi. It is not normal for every hero to get an opportunity when he grows up, a director who feeds his passion, and a producer who does not hesitate to say any obstacle. All these have been appreciated.
Prabhu Solomon will be emotional in the film. There are many examples of his followers all going on long journeys.
There is no doubt that he will also come in the afternoon.
Nivas K Prasanna, who had been composing music for 10 years, is singing today. After a long time, I heard good music in the film Bison.
Similarly, I was amazed by the film Mandela. It is happy that many young directors came here and started this festival.
I know the heroine’s father well. He had sent me a photo of the heroine. I welcome Shraddha.
When I saw Lingusamy up close, I came to know that he meticulously and meticulously sculpts every detail. Such a person is the driving force behind this film.
Tirupati Brothers have been the turning point in the lives of many people for their success. They should go even higher. I wish you to come to the festival of their 100th film.
I was in Tirunelveli for the shooting of my film Kumki-1. When I went to the cinema hall to watch the waterfall scene, they put lights around the screen like they do for a superstar film and named the person who filmed this song as Sukumar. Everyone in the cinema hall celebrated.
A film with an elephant will never fail. He said this film will definitely be successful.
While speaking, actor Madhi said,
This is my first stage. Thank you to everyone who has come here. Thank you to Jayanthi Lal Gada sir who introduced me as the hero in this film.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to act as the hero of Prabhu Solomon sir and his land. I think I have acted well after listening to what he said.
Thank you to all the directors Ashwin, Nithilan sir, Brinda Sarathi sir, Charan sir, Jagan, Vijay Balaji sir, and my friend Unni who are here. It was Lingusamy sir who brought me to this film. It was Lingusamy sir and Bose sir who brought me to the cinema industry.
I have listened to Nivas K Prasanna’s music before entering the film industry. This film is based on his music. Everyone who listened to the song Pothi Pothi said it was good.
I hope this film will be a success like the film Bison. I am very grateful to Saranya, who has always supported me, he said.
While speaking, music composer Nivas K Prasanna said,
They call me the protagonist. But, I think I need to mix with the soul in music and go deeper. The starting point for all this to happen was Prabhu Solomon sir. In the 2020 Corona era, there will be no one on the road in Chennai. We will take food from home in the morning and go. We will have 2 meals a day. We will continue to take it every scene every day.
This film is very special to me. In the previous film, Kumki, Imman sir made a big name in the team. I took the soul for this film from that film. But I am grateful for being given the opportunity to express my uniqueness.
I saw the discipline in the hero Madhi in managing his time very well. If it is 7 o’clock, he will not come at 7.01 o’clock or 6.59 o’clock. He will come exactly at 7 o’clock.
I think it is a great power to get this opportunity, he said.
Producer Dr. Jayantilal Gada spoke,
Thank you to Lingusamy sir and Bose sir for giving the title of Kumki-2 to Ben Studios. Thank you to all the great directors who have come here for giving great support to this small film.
I saw Kumki-2. I liked it. Shooting in the forest is very difficult. But, everyone has worked hard. Especially Madhi has fought very hard. She is the Hrithik Roshan of Tamil cinema.
Music has no language. The music in the first film Kumki was good. Similarly, he said that Nivas K Prasanna’s music in Kumki-2 is very good.
Speaking to Director Prabhu Solomon,
Thank you to all my friends, all the producers, family members and everyone who came to congratulate me. The paths and hardships we have gone through for this film cannot be described.
My technical artists, editor Bhuvan, art director Thennarasu, cinematographer Sukumar who worked with me for this have put in hard work. Madhi, Andro, Shraddha, Arjun Das and many other actors have participated. This is not an ordinary matter. It takes 4 to 5 hours to go by jeep into the forest to shoot at Nellaiyambudi. When we first went to see the location, all the internal organs in our body were shaken.
We shot at that place without electricity or mobile network. An old British guest house. The entire crew struggled a lot in the cold of a dormitory. Many people got skin problems after being bitten by the mosquitoes there.
This film is a long journey. We started in 2018, finished in 2019 and showed it in December. But in 2020-2021, there was a lockdown. Corona came and turned everything upside down. But, for all this, it was very difficult. The only ones who were responsible were Lingusamy sir and Jayanthilal Gada sir.
The first reel hard disk will be in Bengaluru. I don’t know which engineer has the next reel. After that, we started the next phase of work for the film in 2023.
I always want my work to be perfect. I had to fight a lot for that.
No matter how much I thank the producer, he is not enough. He has been patient for so many years.
My children Ashwin, Nithilan, director Brinda Sarathi, Jagan, Saran have come here to congratulate me, thank you.
Similarly, Bharathi Kannan, director Thiruchelvam, and Akash have come. Also, two people who worked on the film have died during the Corona period.
James Cameron, who directed the film Titanic, said that he would give all this to the music composer with 11 Oscars in his hand. Because he said, I built this ship, but he gave it life. Similarly, everyone has given their best effort. But Nivas K Prasanna has given his soul.
When watching the film, I know that his music story has been rewritten at many places. I have bothered Nivas K Prasanna a lot. I have seen his sorrow. However, he also understood that the film was for the good. He said this is his time to shine.
When director Lingusamy spoke,
Kada sir is like a god to us. He does not know Tamil, I do not know Hindi. However, we would talk for 2 to 3 hours. But I realized that cinema has no language.
If it were not for Kaada sir, Rajini Murugan’s film would not have been released. When we met for the Hindi film Bhaiya, he gave 14 crores.
Kaada is a great producer who can release 189 films in Hindi in a year.
Rajini sir and Kamal sir came to the ceremony of the film Kumki-1 and congratulated him. But Jayantilal Ghada sir is the one who can release their films in Hindi. He is introducing Madhi. He has blessed Madhi with Hrithik Roshan.
This film may have been very late. But Ghada sir praised Prabhu Solomon as a great director after watching the film.
I had gone to see how Kumki-1 was doing in Tiruvannamalai. In our cinema, such crowds had only come for films like Ulagak Chuttum Valiban, Trisoolam, Oru Thalai Ragam, 16 Vayathinile, Murattuk Kaalai before. They said that Kumki was also included in that list.
I don’t know if there will be more songs in Kumki-2 than in Kumki-1. But it would be enough if it was in the film like Nivas K Prasanna’s previous film. The entire spotlight of cinema is on Nivas K Prasanna.
Maharaja directed by Nithilan will be one of my top 10 films.
Kumki-2 will definitely be a huge success.
He said, thank you to everyone who is here
Technical team:
Director – Prabhu Solomon
Producers – Dr. Jayantilal Ghada, Thaval Ghada
Music – Nivas K. Prasanna
Cinematographer – M. Sukumar
Editing – Bhuvan
Art Direction – Vijay Thennarasu
Fight Design – Stunt Siva
Costume Design – V.P. Senthil Alaghan
Production Management – J. Prabhakar
Stills – Siva
Promotion – Cinema Boy
Public Relations – Yuvaraj