Kamal Haasan-Shankar team’s Indian 2 officially announced
We were among the first to report about plans of making a sequel for the all time blockbuster movie Indian. Now, the makers have officially announced the project. Dil Raju, the National award winning producer/distributor will be funding this massive project. He took to his Twitter timeline to announce the project.
Kamal Haasan and director Shankar will be reuniting after a gap of two decades for the sequel of Indian. This will be Shankar’s next after the ongoing magnum opus 2.0 that stars Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar in the lead roles.
The official announcement of Indian 2 will be made at today’s Big Boss episode which is being hosted by Kamal Haasan. A sneak-peak of today’s episode has already been released by the broadcasters Vijay TV. This comes as a highly exciting news for all cinephiles as Indian enjoys a cult status among the audience.
Indian, released back in 1996, is a vigilante crime thriller film featuring Kamal Haasan in a dual role. The movie starred Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar and Sukanya as the female leads. Indian went on to win three National Film Awards including the best actor award for Kamal Haasan’s outstanding performance. It was also India’s official submission for the Academy Award for best foreign language film that year.
Currently, both Shankar and Kamal Haasan are busy with their respective commitments. The director is working tirelessly on the post-production of 2.0 to ensure a grand release in January next year. Kamal Haasan has Vishwaroopam 2 and Sabaash Naidu in the pipeline.
Watch today’s Big Boss episode to know more details about Indian 2.
