The unemployed graduate 2 ) is a 2017 Indian Tamil action comedy film[4][5] directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth.

[6] It is a sequel to the 2014 film Velaiilla Pattadhari and has Dhanush, Amala Paul, Vivek, Hrishikesh, Saranya Ponvannan, and Samuthirakani reprising their roles, while Kajol plays an antagonistic role, marking her return to Tamil cinema after 20 years, with her last film being Minsara Kanavu (1997).

Ritu Varma was recast as Anita, earlier played by Surbhi, which marks her debut in Tamil cinema.

Raghuvaran efficiently completes construction projects assigned to him, with the help of about 200 unemployed young civil, mechanical and electrical engineers, who are his friends.

Raghuvaran agrees by putting his house under a mortgage of five million rupees and starts "VIP" Constructions with the 200 unemployed engineers as the company's employees.

Due to word of mouth, they get an offer from Prakash, a greedy businessman who wants to build a theme park in a marshy land.

Prakash bribes an executive member of Vasundhara Constructions and makes her start on the same project.

Raghuvaran's team starts a protest, and a countrywide uproar causes the project to be stopped by the government.

Raghuvaran is fired from VIP Constructions by Vasundhara, causing the employees to quit their own jobs immediately.

[7] Later, in mid-2016, Dhanush's sister-in-law, Soundarya Rajinikanth agreed to terms with producer N. Ramasamy and Hema Rukmai to make a romantic drama film titled Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kobam and cast Dhanush in the lead role.

[8][9] Despite negotiations with actresses including Sonam Kapoor, Kajal Aggarwal and Manjima Mohan, the project failed to materialise, and in a sudden turn of events, Dhanush revealed that he would instead collaborate with Soundarya for a sequel to his earlier film Velaiilla Pattadhari.

[10] During the launch event of the film, it was announced that Sameer Thahir would work as the cinematographer, while Prasanna GK would be the editor.

[15][11] Production on the film began on 15 December 2016,[16][17] with actor Rajinikanth in attendance at the launch event in his family's Poes Garden home in Chennai.

[23] The film was originally planned to release on 28 July 2017, coinciding with Dhanush's birthday, but was postponed to 11 August 2017.