One of the biggest and best movies from Indian cinema - the Kamal Haasan starrer Indian, released in 1996. This movie, directed by Shankar, had an ensemble cast and went on to become a cult hit and has since gone on to become one of the most talked about movies ever, not just in India but across the world. After 23 years from its release, the sequel to this movie - Indian 2, is currently being made by director Shankar with Kamal Haasan reprising his role of Senapathy from the original. Bankrolled by Subaskaran Allirajah's Lyca Productions, Indian 2 went on floors in January this year but resumed shoot only in September after facing some unfortunate delays. We now have an interesting update on this movie's shoot!

Kamal Haasan to join Indian 2 shoot from January 5 Shankar Lyca Productions

Currently, the fourth schedule of shoot for Indian 2 is happening in Chennai and will go on for a considerable number of days. However, Kamal Haasan who had taken a break from shoot, is not a part of this schedule also. Our sources close to the Indian 2 team state that he would be rejoining the shoot of Indian 2, from January 5th! This is some great news indeed and going by this, we can expect the movie to be on track for release in April of 2021, before the State Assembly elections, in Tamil Nadu. Rockstar Anirudh is scoring the music for this biggie, which has cinematography by R Rathnavelu and editing by Sreekar Prasad.

Kamal Haasan to join Indian 2 shoot from January 5 Shankar Lyca Productions

The ensemble cast of Indian 2 includes Siddharth, Nedumudi Venu, Kajal Aggarwal, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Delhi Ganesh, Bobby Simha, Rakul Preet, Vivekh and a whole host of other stars! Recently, it came to light that a few top actors had been originally selected to be a part of this project but could not commit to it because of some prior commitments or the other. The actors who missed out are Vijay Sethupathi, RJ Balaji and Aishwarya Rajesh. Keep watching this space for updates...

Kamal Haasan to join Indian 2 shoot from January 5 Shankar Lyca Productions