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{{Short description|2020 Indian-Sri Lankan film}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Second Show
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|si|සෙකන්ඩ් ෂෝ}}
{{Infobox name module|ta|செக்கண்ட் ஷோ}}
| image = Second Show film poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = A.T. Gnanam
| producer = Siva Brothers Dark Room Creations
| writer = A.T. Gnanam
| screenplay = S. Mohan (Tamil) Thisara Imbulana (Sinhala)
| story = A.T. Gnanam
| starring = [[Ajmal Ameer]] [[Pallavi Subhash]] [[Hemal Ranasinghe]] [[Vidya Pradeep]]
| music = Verl Praneev
| cinematography = L.K. Vijay
| editing = Rangis
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2022|07|08|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India, Sri Lanka
| language = Tamil, Sinhala
| gross =
| budget =
}}

'''''Second Show''''' (theatrically as '''''IInd Show''''', ({{langx|si|සෙකන්ඩ් ෂෝ}}) is a 2022 Indian-Sri Lankan co-produced bilingual horror thriller film directed by A.T. Gnanam in his directorial debut. It was co-produced by Siva Brothers' Mahadevan Ganesh and Saravanan with Dark Room Creations' Kaushalya Wickramasinghe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-24 |title=Our guys who went to Kollywood |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/story/2021/03/25/20103/කොලිවුඩ්-ගිය-අපේ-කට්ටිය |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=සරසවිය}}</ref> The film stars [[Ajmal Ameer]], [[Pallavi Subhash]] and [[Hemal Ranasinghe]] in lead roles with [[Vidya Pradeep]], Akshata Sonawane and Pooja Mondal in supporting roles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Second Show Movie Stills |url=https://www.kollywoodzone.com/cat-second-show-10941.htm |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=www.kollywoodzone.com |date=14 May 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-26 |title=Acting in two languages at once is a challenge: Pallavi Subhash |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2022/05/26/23340/එකවර-භාෂා-දෙකකින්-රඟපෑම-අභියෝගයක් |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=සරසවිය}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-21 |title=Cinema should be protected more in times of crisis: Hemal Ranasinghe |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2022/07/21/23560/අර්බුද-කාලවලදී-තමයි-සිනමාව-වඩාත්-රැකගන්න-ඕනෑ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=සරසවිය}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-21 |title=Your country stole my heart: Akshata Sonawane |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2022/07/21/23557/ඔබේ-රට-මගේ-හදවත-හොරාගත්තා |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=සරසවිය}}</ref>

The film's pre-release campaign began in May 2022<ref name= show>{{Cite web |title=Indian-Sri Lankan giant launches 'Second Show' campaign |url=https://divaina.lk/ඉන්දීය-ශ්රී-ලංකා-දැවන්ත/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=divaina.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-24 |title=On the day of the release of the Second Trailer trailer and song collection |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/news-films-local/2022/05/26/23325/සෙකන්ඩ්-ෂෝ-පූර්ව-ප්%E2%80%8Dරචාරක-පටය-හා-ගීත-එකතුව-නිකුත්-වූ-දා |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=Sarasaviya}}</ref> and it was released on 8 July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Second Show movie comes tomorrow |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/films-local/2022/07/07/23494/second-show-චිත%E2%80%8D්%E2%80%8Dරපටය-හෙට |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=Sarasaviya}}</ref> The film's co-producer Kaushalya Wickramasinghe stated that the Tamil version of the film will be screened in 50 theaters across the island from 29 July 2022 and it will be shown as a distribution of the National Film Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-27 |title=Second show Tamil version on screen |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/news-films-local/2022/07/28/23585/සෙකන්ඞ්-ෂෝ-දෙමළ-පිටපත-තිරයට |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=සරසවිය}}</ref>

The portions featuring [[Ajmal Ameer]] and [[Vidya Pradeep]] were shot in Tamil only and dubbed for the Sinhala version.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

==Plot==
Group of friends consisting of Shiva, Roshini, Deepika, Yogi and Dheena travel to London from Sri Lanka for their friend, Sandya's wedding. Sandya is about to marry Prasanna. At Prasanna's residence, Sandya share her love story to her friends. Prasanna throws a party at this residence. At the party, Prasanna's cousin is killed by Deepika. Jeeva, Prasanna's best friend and business partner, helps Sandya's friends to enjoy their stay in London. Deepika kills Dheena. Shiva suspects that the killings might be a work of a ghost. A priest is called to Prasanna's residence and the priest says that there is a ghost in the house confirming Shiva's suspicion. The ghost takes the form of a spider and it is revealed that the Ghost Spider bites Deepika to possess her and killed Prasanna's cousin and Dheena. Shiva and Roshini amend their strained relationship. The ghost possess deepika and kills Jeeva. Another priest visits Prasanna's residence and reveals Prasanna's ex-wife, Meera, is also from Sri Lanka, Prasanna is a drug addict, Prasanna abused his ex-wife and killed her. Prasanna agrees on what happened to Meera and reveal says that Meera was actually married ti his Twin Brother, Nanda. Prasanna also says that Nanda died by suicide and the death of Meera. The priest performs a ritual and captures the Ghost. Prasanna and Sandya are married and Shiva, Roshini, Deepika and Yogi travel from London to Sri Lanka. It is revealed that everything Prasanna said was a lie as he doesn't have a twin brother and Prasanna actually killed Meera. Meera's ghost possess Sandya and makes Prasanna to kill himself.

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Ajmal Ameer]] as Shiva
* [[Pallavi Subhash]] as Sandya
* [[Hemal Ranasinghe]] as Prasanna
* [[Vidya Pradeep]] as Meera
* Akshata Sonawane as Roshini
* Puja Mondal as Deepika
* Maira Singh
* Isha Chhabra
* Black Pondy
* Inba Ravikumar as Yogi
* Sri Krish as Jeeva
* Suraj Nanda
* London Venkat
* Mukkur N. Ramajayam
}}

==Production==
This is the debut film of the main film director A.T. Gnanam and was filmed in 2019 in the locations of London and Birmingham, England.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-09 |title=Hemal Ranasinghe from an Indian film soon. |url=http://cinema.lk/හේමාල්-රණසිංහ-ඉන්දීය-සින/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=Cinema.lk |language=en-US}}</ref> A.T. Gnanam is an Indian filmmaker and a screenwriter working in [[Tamil cinema]]. He has worked in many movies tele-films and worked as associate director and co-director of many movies. He also worked in the story discussion department of the [[Hindi cinema|Bollywood film]], ''[[Chennai Express]]'', under the story author and director, [[K. Subash|K Subash]].

''Second Show'' was filmed simultaneously in both Tamil and Sinhala, with the Tamil dialogues written by S. Mohan and the Sinhala dialogues written by film director Thisara Imbulana.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=The second show starring Hemal is coming soon |url=https://www.sarasaviya.lk/news-films-local/2022/05/19/23309/හේමාල්-රඟපෑ-සෙකන්ඩ්-ෂෝ-එන්න-ළඟයි |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=සරසවිය}}</ref> Bhargavi Kalidas co-directed the film, with Thangaraj S. Sathyamoorthi helping as an assistant director. Vivek Fernando directed the film in Sri Lanka.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A thriller movie in two languages |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/220529/magazine/a-thriller-movie-in-two-languages-483717.html |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka}}</ref> As an Indo-Lankan co-production, the film not only shares both Indian and Sri Lankan film technicians, but it also stars artists from both countries: [[Cinema of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan]] actor Hemal Ranasinghe, [[Marathi cinema|Marathi actress]] Pallavi Subhash and [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] actor Ajmal Ameer are a notable few in the movie.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}} Other notable characters played are by [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] actress Vidya Pradeep, [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] actress Akshatha Sonawane and [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] model Pooja Mondal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Hemal starrer 'Second Show' is ready for release in Kollywood. |date=7 February 2021 |url=https://www.helawoodpopcorn.com/2021/02/07/කොලිවුඩයට-පෙම්වතා-දුෂ්ටය/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The music director of the movie, [[Ambi Subramaniam]], and Praneev Verl, a Sri Lankan composer who composed two songs in the movie<ref name=":0" /> worked with lyricists [[Pa. Vijay]], A.T. Gnanam, and Ambi Prabass, and singers [[Diwakar]], [[Super Singer 3|Sathya Prakash]], Deepak, [[Super Singer 6|Shrikanth]], Saranya Gopinath, [[Bindu Subramaniam]] and [[Chinmayi Sripaada|Chinmayi]], while Sri Krish, Suraj Nanda from Mauritius [[Dance choreography|choreographed]]. The film also features songs in Sinhala sung by [[Kasun Kalhara]], [[Uresha Ravihari]], [[Kushani Sandarekha|Kushani Sandareka]], Kavindi Gunasekara and Dinendra Bandara.<ref name="show" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian actress Pallavi Subhash arrives in Sri Lanka |url=https://www.saaravita.lk/latest_news/ඉනදය-සනම-නළ-පලලව-සභෂ-ලකවට/100-714824 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=www.saaravita.lk |language=Sinhala}}</ref>

The digital colour correction of the film is done by colourist Karthik Chandrasekar, with Vinaya Devv handling the outfits as the [[costume designer]] and Kall Premkumar as the [[art director]].



==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt12280872}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1nOCXjSqNs Official trailer]

[[Category:2022 films]]
[[Category:2022 multilingual films]]
[[Category:2020 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2022 Indian films]]
[[Category:2022 Sinhala-language films]]
[[Category:2022 horror films]]
[[Category:Indian horror films]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan horror films]]

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