After Jailer was released in 2023, Nelson Dilipkumar was in vogue, and everyone had eyes on what his next film would be. But the filmmaker later announced Jailer 2 with Rajinikanth , making many wonder how he would take Tiger Muthuvel Pandian’s story further. Fans once believed that Jr NTR had hinted at working with the filmmaker in a Telugu film, only adding fuel to the fire. Turns out Nelson was sceptical about it initially, too.
When fans thought Jr NTR teased a film with Nelson Dilipkumar
A ‘super show’ for Jailer 2 dropped on Sun NXT on Friday in lieu of the usual pre-release events films have. I feel like whatever is in part 1, they’ll add salt and spices to it. I was approached for Baasha 2 and Petta 2, but I did not agree to do them. Also, at the end of Jailer, there are three containers worth ₹ 1000 crore. Nelson had a Telugu commitment, but he postponed it for Jailer 2 .
“Towards the end of the film, when I’m about to kill him, Varman says that he has a huge network who won’t spare me. Rajinikanth revealed that Nelson, too, was sceptical about a sequel to Jailer. I felt it had potential for a sequel,” he added. “He was in demand nationwide. And when he approached Nelson for a sequel, the filmmaker was sceptical. Let’s do it. He took his time to develop the script as I shot for Vettaiyan, Lal Salaam and Coolie. He has gotten used to good things happening to him. We’re about to do something soon. He will announce it soon when he can. The day we announce it, I’ll let Vamsi deal with you (his fans). Fans thought Jr NTR was confirming a film with Nelson.
On it, Rajinikanth said, “I usually don’t prefer sequels. However, watching Jailer on OTT changed his mind, said Rajinikanth. Many Hindi, Telugu and Tamil stars and production houses were lining up for him, offering huge remunerations,” said the actor. “He said we have already extracted maximum content, let’s not do that,” explained the actor, adding, “But after a month, he said, I gave it some thought. The actor said, “If I talk about Vamsi too much, maybe he’ll get dishti (nazar).
