South Indian Superstar Kamal Haasan is celebrating his birthday today and the announcement about his next film is out. His next film is titled Vikram and will be directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. The teaser looks very interesting and intriguing. Kamal looks perfectly planned with a bunch of weapons before he invites the special guests to his house. Vikram is said to be a political thriller and the regular shoot commences very soon. The film produced by Raajkamal Films International will release in summer 2021 in multiple languages.
Kamal Haasan votes for Lokesh Kanagraj’s film
Padmshri Kamal Haasan is celebrating his birthday on November and the teaser of his next film that will be directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj will be out. The film’s shoot is yet to commence but the makers conducted a small trial shoot for the film and the teaser part is cut. The film will have its official launch on November 7th and the regular shoot will follow. With Kamal Haasan’s Indian 2 stalled, Kamal decided to join the sets of Lokesh Kanagaraj’s project.
Shankar and Lyca Productions are yet to get a clarity on the revised budgets and the upcoming schedules of Indian 2 will be planned after that. Kamal Haasan will complete some portions of the shoot for Lokesh Kanagaraj’s political thriller. Kamal Haasan himself will produce this film. With the Tamil Nadu elections planned for summer next year, Kamal is keen to release Lokesh Kanagaraj’s film by summer.
Kamal Haasan’s next film announced
South Indian Superstar Kamal Haasan has been waiting for a perfect comeback as none of his recent films ended up impressive. The veteran actor is also focused on politics and he could not dedicate his time completely for films. His 232nd project got announced today and it will be directed by Khaidi fame Lokesh Kanagaraj. Kamal Haasan’s home banner Raajkamal Films International will produce this prestigious project. The makers announced the film today with a poster with a caption ‘Once Upon A Time, there lived a Ghost’.
Anirudh will compose the music and background score for this action thriller and the film is aimed for summer 2021 release. More details about the film will be announced officially very soon. The movie is tentatively titled Evanendru Ninaithai. Lokesh Kanagaraj completed his recent film Master featuring Vijay in the lead role. The film will hit the screens soon.
Kamal Haasan’s Indian 2 badly hit by Coronavirus
Kamal Haasan and Shankar decided to work together with Indian 2, the sequel for Indian. Right from the day, the film got launched, Indian 2 faced several problems. The shoot was kept on hold during the initial days after Shankar gave no clarity on the final budget. After long discussions for months, the shoot started. Soon, Kamal Haasan got injured and the shoot got delayed. After this, a major accident took place and three crew members got killed which turned out to be a major blow for the movie unit.
With the latest coronavirus outbreak, the shoot of Indian 2 got delayed further. Shankar will take the final call on the next schedule once the situations settle down. The budget of the film already got heaped up and Indian 2 which was planned for release during the end of this year will miss the release date. Indian 2 features Kamal Haasan, Kajal Aggarwal, Siddharth, Rakul Preet Singh in the lead roles. Lyca Productions are the producers and Indian 2 will have a pan Indian release.
‘Kamal Haasan home quarantine notice, needling by govt’
Hours after the ‘home quarantine’ notice was stuck outside the actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan’s old residence, the Greater Chennai Corporation removed the same saying it was done by mistake.
However, party spokesperson is of the view that it is nothing but needling by the state government.
The Corporation has been sticking such notices outside the residences of all those who have returned from foreign countries where Coronavirus had spread.
“Kamal Haasan has been in India since January this year. He has not travelled abroad. The building is now the party office of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM). There was security. Without making any enquiries with the security, the officials had stuck the home quarantine notice at night and gone,” Murali Appas, spokesperson of the party told IANS.
According to him, should not the officials before sticking the notice enquire with the household about the condition of the person who had returned from overseas and also brief them about the precautions to be taken?
He also said, the data as to the persons who had come from overseas should have the correct name of the traveller and not the name of others in the household.
“With Kamal Haasan being within India, how can the Chennai Corporation mention his name in the ‘home quarantine’ notice that was stuck outside the building that was once his residence,” Appas wondered.
According to him, it is nothing but needling by the local government. Recently he was summoned by the police and questioned for several hours in connection with the accident that happened at the Indian movie shooting spot.
Couple of days back Kamal Haasan in a tweet said with the help of doctors in his party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) he is willing to convert the building that was once his residence into a temporary hospital to treat the coronavirus patients.
He also said he is ready to do this once the government gives the permission.
Meanwhile in a statement Kamal Haasan said he has not been living in that building for the past few years and the party office has been functioning from there.
“So, the news that I have been quarantined is not true. As a precautionary measure, I have undertaken social distancing as I requested the public too,” Kamal Haasan said.
“My entire family has self-isolated. Mum (actress Sarika) is in Mumbai as well but in another apartment, Dad (Kamal Haasan) and Akshara (sister) are in Chennai but in separate houses. All of us had different travelling schedules and it didn’t make sense for us to isolate together. That’s the decision I feel people should make,” Shruti Haasan, the elder daughter of Kamal Haasan had told Mumbai Mirror earlier.
Indian 2 Row: Kamal approaches Madras High Court
South Indian Superstar Kamal Haasan was busy shooting for Indian 2 during which tragedy struck and three crew members lost their lives in a tragic accident. Kamal Haasan and Shankar who were on the spot have been asked to appear before the Central Crime Branch team in Chennai for questioning. Kamal Haasan today approached the Madras High Court and he alleged that cops harassed him during questioning.
Kamal said that the cops harassed him during the scene enactment. The Madras High Court will hear the petition soon. Kamal claims that none of the actors are harassed in such situations. The shoot of Indian 2 is kept on hold and it is expected to restart once the scare of coronavirus comes to an end in the country. Made on a massive budget, Indian 2 is slated for release next year. Kajal, Siddharth and Rakul Preet Singh will be seen in other crucial roles in Indian 2.
Indian 2 Accident: Kamal questioned by CCB Police
The horrifying accident on the sets of Indian 2 killed three crew members and the shoot of the film got halted as of now. The Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) cops registered an FIR and the film’s director Shankar was questioned recently. Now the film’s lead actor Kamal Haasan appeared before CCB in Chennai today. The CCB registered Kamal Haasan’s statement as a part of the investigation.
Kamal Haasan already donated Rs 1 crore per family for the deceased. Kamal and Shankar had a narrow escape from the accident. Kamal asked the makers to make sure that such incidents never repeat in the future. The shoot of Indian 2 was taking place in and around Chennai before the incident. Siddarth, Kajal Aggarwal and Rakul Preet Singh will be playing other lead roles in Indian 2 which is produced by Lyca Productions.
Major accident on Indian 2 Sets: Three Killed
Tragedy struck hard on the sets of Kamal Haasan’s Indian 2 after an accident took place that killed three people. More than ten people are badly injured in this accident that took place last night. A set is being constructed currently and a light setup from the crane fell on the crew after which the incident took place. The film’s director Shankar escaped closely from the accident. His personal assistant Madhu and Krishna, an assistant director died on the spot.
The other deceased was Chandran, a catering team member. The shoot of the film is happening in EVP Studios, Chennai. After coming to know about the mishap, Kamal Haasan rushed to the spot. The injured are taken to a private hospital in the city and are recovering well. Kamal Haasan and Shankar expressed their grief for the families of the deceased. Made on a huge budget, Indian 2 features Kajal Aggarwal, Siddharth and Rakul Preet in other crucial roles.
Kamal Haasan’s Indian 2 to clash with RRR?
Ever since the release date of RRR is announced for January 8th 2021 release, Tamil media circles started speculating that Kamal Haasan starrer Indian 2 will be in Sankranthi race. As per the reports, Indian 2 that is directed by Shankar will hit the screens on January 14th in all the Indian languages. After several breaks, the shoot started recently and is continuing at a fast pace. Made on a huge budget, the shoot of Indian 2 will be wrapped up by the second half of this year.
RRR and Indian 2 clash would be quite interesting as two top directors of the country Rajamouli and Shankar are in the race. Shankar has been low after his recent films I and 2.0 failed to recover the investments. Shankar is working hard to live up the expectations with Indian 2. Kajal Aggarwal is the leading lady and Siddarth, Rakul Preet Singh will be seen in other crucial roles. Lyca Productions are producing Indian 2.
Vijay Sethupathi to lock horns with Kamal Haasan
South Indian Superstar Kamal Haasan is busy with his next film Indian 2. Directed by Shankar, the film’s shoot has been kept on hold after Kamal Haasan underwent surgery for his right leg recently. The movie is being made on a lavish scale and the other star cast includes Kajal Aggarwal, Siddharth, Rakul Preet Singh and Bobby Simha in other crucial roles.
The latest entrant to the cast is critically acclaimed actor Vijay Sethupathi. The actor has been roped in to play the role of the lead antagonist in Indian 2. His role has been kept under wraps and the actor would join the sets from February 2020. Vijay Sethupathi is all excited to work with Kamal Haasan and he gave his immediate nod after he was approached. Lyca Productions are bankrolling Indian 2 which will release during the end of 2020.
Kamal Haasan to undergo surgery
Legendary actor turned Kamal Haasan is spending busy time juggling between films and his political engagements. The actor’s political party Makkal Needhi Maiam issued an official statement today that the top actor will undergo surgery to remove an implant from his right leg. Kamal Haasan suffered an accident in 2016 which resulted in a compound fracture for his right leg.
The surgery of removing the implant got postponed after Kamal Haasan was occupied with work. Kamal Haasan will undergo surgery tomorrow for the removal of the implant. He will be forced to take a break for the next few weeks. Right after the break, Kamal Haasan will focus on the shoot of Indian 2 directed by Shankar. The film is the sequel for his super hit film Indian and will release during the end of 2020.
Kamal taking Gujarati lessons for Indian 2
Padmashri Kamal Haasan is back to work and is busy with the shoot of Indian 2. A long schedule is planned in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and the shoot is going on at a brisk pace. The film’s director Shankar recently canned a high voltage action episode for the film. Kamal Haasan will be seen speaking in Gujarati language as per the requirement of the story for some of the scenes. For this, the actor already started taking Gujarati lessons for the movie. He will be dubbing for the episodes on his own said a source from the movie team.
Kamal Haasan is quite thrilled with Indian 2 and the film will release during the end of 2020. Made on a massive budget, the film features Kajal Aggarwal, Siddharth and Rakul Preet Singh in the other lead roles. Lyca Productions are producing Indian 2 and the film will release across the globe in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam languages.
Kamal Haasan’s voiceover for Syeraa
Megastar Chiranjeevi’s big-budget magnum opus Syeraa is gearing up for a wide release on October 2nd in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages. Chiranjeevi’s brother Pawan Kalyan lent his voice which added enough boost for the teaser. Malayalam Superstar Mohanlal lent his voice for the Malayalam version. Tamil Superstar Kamal Haasan has been approached for the Tamil version but he is yet to dub for the part.
Megastar Chiranjeevi clarified that the film’s introduction episodes along with climax episodes will be narrated through a voice-over from several top actors in all the languages. Though Kamal missed lending his voice for the teaser, he promised to give his voice for the film. The makers are in talks with a couple of top Bollywood actors to narrate the Hindi version. For the Telugu version, Pawan Kalyan already completed his part.
Directed by Surendar Reddy, Syeraa features Chiranjeevi, Amitabh Bachchan, Nayanthara, Kicha Sudeep, Jagapathi Babu and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles. The film is the life story of freedom fighter Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy who revolted against the British.
Kamal Haasan’s ‘Indian 2’ rolls as actor’s career turns 60
Monday marked the completion of Kamal Haasan’s 60 years in the film industry, and the actor-filmmaker’s latest project, “Indian 2”, went on the floors on the day.
Announcing the start of the film, actress Rakul Preet Singh posted a boomerang video on her Instagram page. In the video, Rakul is seen getting ready for shoot in the makeup room, dialogue sheet in hand.
“Indian 2 begins”, she captioned the video.
The ambitious project marks the reunion of Kamal and filmmaker Shankar after two decades, and also features Rakul, along with Kajal Aggarwal, Siddharth and Priya Bhavani Shankar in crucial roles.
In the film, Siddharth is reportedly playing Kamal Haasan’s grandson.
“Indian 2” will mark the return of Kamal Haasan as ruthless vigilante Senapathy, a character that became popular on the release of the first film in 1996.
Last week, Kamal Haasan revealed during one of the episodes of Bigg Boss Tamil 3 that he has gone clean shaven to commence shooting for “Indian 2”. He also said he will retain the same look for his other upcoming project, “Thalaivan Irukkindrana”, which is a Tamil-Hindi bilingual to co-star Saif Ali Khan.
The first-look poster of “Indian 2” was released earlier this year on the occasion of Pongal. The poster features Karma displaying Varma Kalai skills in his avatar as the octogenarian vigilante, Senapathy.
Is Indian 2 Shelved?
Sensational filmmaker Shankar is struggling hard about his next project Indian 2. Right after the completion of the first schedule, the shoot of Indian 2 has been put on hold. Despite several speculations, the team, director and producers remained tightlipped about the project. It has been six months already and there’s no update about the next schedule of Indian 2.
Meanwhile, several Tamil media houses reported that Shankar recently narrated a script to actor Vijay and got his nod. There are also speculations that Shankar locked Vikram and Vijay for a multi-starrer film. Kamal Haasan who is out from political activities is focused on Bigg Boss 3 Tamil. Kamal too is yet to get a clarity of Indian 2. We have to wait to see if Indian 2 got shelved or will start rolling soon.
Godse extremist remark: Kamal Haasan secures anticipatory bail
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to actor-politician Kamal Haasan in the case filed against him for his Hindu extremist comment.
Campaigning for his party Makkal Needhi Maiam’s (MNM) candidate in the bye-election for the Aravakuruchi Assembly constituency, the actor speaking about the killer of Mahatma Gandhi, said: “The first extremist of independent India was a Hindu — Nathuram Godse. It all started from there.”
Haasan made the comment in a locality were Muslims lived in large numbers.
His comment created a huge row nationwide and police complaints were filed in Aravakuruchi against Haasan for trying to create enimity between communities.
Kamal steps in to rescue Indian 2
Kamal Haasan was all excited when Shankar narrated the script of Indian 2. The regular shoot commenced last year and soon the film was kept on hold due to the drift between Shankar and Lyca Productions, the producers. At the same time, Kamal turned busy with his political activities and there was no news about the next schedule of Indian 2. Soon, Reliance Entertainments decided to take hold of the project and invest huge money to wrap it.
Kamal Haasan met Shankar and Lyca Productions separately. He asked Shankar to chop down the budget after making changes to the script. He even convinced Lyca Productions that Shankar would propose the actual budget for them on the next official meeting. Kamal chaired a meeting next week in which Shankar and the producers would be present. The final call would be taken, things would be sorted and the next schedule starts from June.
Kajal is the female lead and Shankar, Kamal are in plans to release Indian 2 early next year.
Kamal Haasan reiterates Hindu terror remark
Days after creating a row with his Hindu terrorist remark, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan reiterated on Wednesday that independent India’s first extremist was a Hindu.
Campaigning in Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency for his party candidate contesting in May 19 by-election, Haasan said: “In Aravakuruchi I said independent India’s first extremist was a Hindu. It is an historical truth.”
Haasan said some people were getting angry over his remark.
Haasan said all his family members were Hindus and he would not talk in any manner to hurt their feelings.
According to him, people without listening fully to his speech at Aravakurichi were alleging that he was creating enmity amongst communities.
He said truth will always be bitter and that bitterness will turn into medicine.
On Sunday, at the Aravakuruchi Assembly constituency, Haasan, while campaigning for his party candidate, said about the killer of Mahatma Gandhi: “The first extremist of independent India was a Hindu — Nathuram Godse. It all started from there.”
Tamil Nadu Minister for Milk and Dairy Development K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji said the actor-politician’s tongue should be cut.
Meanwhile, Haasan has applied for anticipatory bail in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court as a case has been registered against him for his Avarakuruchi speech.
Kamal’s tongue should be cut: TN Minister
Tamil Nadu Minister Rajendra Balaji made sensational comments on Kamal Haasan for his ‘India’s first terrorist is a Hindu’ remark. He said that Kamal’s tongue should be cut for making such unpardonable comments on a religion that has greater history than any other. Kamal made these remarks in a Hindu-dominated area and the same people would one day cut his tongue for daring to pass such comments.
The TN Minister has also blamed DMK President Stalin for making hurting comments against the Hindus but at the same time smearing ‘vibhuthi’ on the forehead to woo their votes. Kamal’s serious comments are continuing to evoke strong rebuttals from different political parties. Kamal has made those remarks to win over Muslim voters allegedly to benefit his MNM party.
BJP complains to EC against Kamal Haasan
The Bharatiya Janata Party took strong objection to actor turned politician Kamal Haasan’s comment on the alleged Hindu terrorism in the country. BJP senior leader Aswini Upadhyay complained to the Election Commission of India. He demanded that the EC ban the actor from election campaign for five days for his inflammatory speech.
The comments of Kamal, leader of Makkal Needi Mayyum party, created a nation wide controversy. BJP leaders say that these remarks were made by Kamal to impress upon the Muslim voters in Tamil Nadu. Kamal has said that India’s first terrorist was a Hindu which referred to Godse who was a Hindu nationalist responsible for the killing of the Mahatma. Regional leaders like Kamal are provoking religious feelings the same way as that of BJP leaders.
