Shankar’s Indian 2, the sequel to the director’s 1996 film starring Kamal Haasan, will go on floors from January 18. The announcement came through a first look poster that shows the actor’s character Senapathy striking the famous cross fingered martial-art move.
#indian2 Hi everyone! “ Happy Pongal” pic.twitter.com/rgiuCBBtLq
— Shankar Shanmugham (@shankarshanmugh) January 14, 2019
Featuring Kamal Haasan in dual roles, the original film, written by the director and Sujatha, told the story of a vigilante character out to root corruption from the system. Produced by A.M.Ratnam, Indian featured Kamal Haasan as a father-son duo with the former playing the vigilante.
The movie which featured Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar and Sukanya, was also India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars.
Though there had been talks about a possible sequel, the announcement came in November last year, on the occasion of the actor’s birthday. Lyca Productions that produced the director’s previous movie, 2.0, is financing the movie. Kajal Aggarwal is the female lead in the movie marking her first collaboration with the director and actor. The actress is reportedly learning Kalaripayattu, the traditional Kerala art form, in order to prepare for her part.
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Having composed the music for Rajinikanth’s Petta, Anirudh Ravichander composes the music for Indian 2. The composer replaces Shankar’s regular and long-time collaborator A.R. Rahman for the project. The pre-production work for the movie had begun in November with T. Muthuraj, the movie’s production designer sharing a photo from the sets. The movie was set to go on floors from December 14 but was later pushed back. Ravi Varman serves as the cinematographer for the project, marking his second collaboration with the director after Anniyan. The original movie was shot by the late cinematographer Jeeva.
Indian 2 will reportedly be Kamal Haasan’s last film as he plans to take the plunge into full-time politics from then on. The actor, while speaking at a public function has said “I’ll quit acting after the upcoming project Indian 2.”