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Two veterans of the South Industry – Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan are working together once again after 37 years. After the Cultic ‘Naikan’, which came in 1987, the duo will now be seen in the film ‘Thug Life’, which is going to be released on 5 June.
Today (April 18), the film’s first song ‘Jingucha’ was launched in Chennai.
During the event, Kamal Haasan spoke openly about working with Mani Ratnam again. He said, ‘Nothing has changed between Mani Ratnam and me even after so many years. It is our fault that we waited for so many years to come together. We were looking for good scripts, so it took so much time.
Now what we have come together again, it has been possible due to all the audiences. We should have already come together. I apologize for this.
Kamal Haasan has written the story of ‘Thug Life’ with Mani Ratnam. In the event, he said that working with Mani Ratnam, he repeatedly K. his guru and famous director. Balachander kept missing.
‘When I work with Mani Ratnam, I miss Balachander. Mani is well aware of how big a praise. We have a deep respect for each other.
Not only this, Kamal also shared an interesting nickname of Mani Ratnam- ‘Anju Ara Mani Ratnam’ i.e. Mani Ratnam, who was at five and a half in the morning.
Every day before shooting, he used to reach the set first, so I gave him the name, ‘Kamal Haasan said smiling.
Let me tell you, ‘Thug Life’ will also feature stars like Trisha, Silambasan, Jujee George, Ashok Selvan, Nasar and Abhirami along with Kamal Haasan. The music of the film is given by AR Rahman, the camera is handled by Ravi K. Chandran and Editing is done by A Srikar Prasad.
The film is being produced by Raj Kamal Films International, Madras Talkies and Red Giant Movies.
K. was a big name in South Cinema. Balachander
Of. Balachander was a well-known filmmaker of South. He gave big stars like Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth a chance in films. Kamal Haasan considers him his guru. Many times he has said that his acting career started due to Balachander sir.