Kamal Haasan’s iconic film Bharateeyudu released 21 years ago. Titled Indian in both Tamil and Hindi, the film was a blockbuster and received wide acclaim. After all these years, the crime thriller’s director-actor duo, director S. Shankar and Kamal Haasan respectively, are teaming up again to bring out the film’s sequel on a big scale. The move is being looked at as a political statement by the actor, who will soon foray into politics.
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“Since he has become very vocal about his desire to fight against corruption, and is going to make a political entry soon, a film like this (considering the original was the story of an old vigilante fighting crime in the society) at this juncture could underline his agenda. It’s possible that a political statement could be made,” explains a source in the know.
Interestingly, ace Telugu producer Dil Raju is set to bankroll this prestigious venture under his Sri Venkateshwara Creations banner. The source adds, “Shankar was keen on a Telugu producer taking the reins of the film. It was after several discussions that the film’s team has been finalised.”
Speaking about the development of the film, Dil Raju says, “This is a very prestigious and ambitious project, and so, we intend to go all out to give the film a spectacular release. This will be one of our most expensive productions.”
While Shankar is presently busy with Rajinikanth’s 2.0, he will begin the pre-production work for Indian 2 soon after that is wrapped up.
