Update ; South Korean actress Suzy Bae is heroine of Shankar- Ranveer Singh Hindi film

 Update ; South Korean actress Suzy Bae, who was earlier reported to be considered for a role to be played alongside Kamal Haasan in 'Indian 2', is said to be in talks for playing the female lead in Ram Charan - Shankar film.She captured hearts as a college student's first love in the hit Korean movie Architecture 101 (2012). Her girl-next-door appeal earned her the title of "Nation's First Love" in South Korea.

Shankar will direct his second Hindi film with Ranveer Singh. It will be the next after Cirkus directed by Rohit Shetty  for Ranveer , whose Suryavanshi - Akashay - Katrina film is releasing on April. 83 the sports film too is releasing and has Tamil actor Jeeva in it.

Source in the know of the development said that Shankar and Ranveer were to collaborate for a Hindi film sometime back.  Ranveer had spoken to Shankar about tweaking Anniyan script to suit Hindi aidience. The project fell through as producer V Ravichandran of Aascar Films was not game to part with the story for the remake.

Ranveer had since been in touch with Shankar for a dual role subject and some how it did not matierialize. Ranveer is currently working in a dual role for Cirkus. Shankar and Ranveer had already locked a script before the Ram Charan film.

Sources said that Shankar had tweeted about the performance of Ranveer after seeing Padmavat. He also attended the wedding reception of the actor in Mumbai.

Shankar's first Hindi film was Nayak , remake of Muthalvan, with Anil Kapoor. The film bombed and remains as the only film in his filmography that failed at the Box Office. The Ranveer film is not the usual 2 year project of Shankar and   would be completed like any other film. Lyca who is bankrolling Indian 2 might back Ranveer film through Karan Johar's Dharma Productions with whom it has a 5 film deal.

On the Ram Charan project, reports say that a big Bollywood hero along with Rashmika Mandanna will join. Due to this, Rashmika is said to be quoting a very high price as from start of 2022, she has  given bulk dates to Ram Charan- Shankar film.

The Ram Charan film with music by Anirudh, will be a political thriller like Muthalvan. It will have a subject that will touch the nerve of the political class across Andhra /TS and TN, said the source.

As soon as Kamal gives the dates, Indian 2 shoot will begin and be wrapped up. S B Satheesan who won the National and Kerala State award for Malayalam film Daya was quoted saying that for a scene in the film a  ceremonial dress designed for the British Army head, set in pre- Independence era alone cost Rs 15 lakhs. He   was comissioned to look after the costumes of the British Army for the film.

He revealed that unless Shankar got  the costumes in hand, he did not fix shoot dates and gave the costumer the full freedom to travel and collect references from various places in India for input to design the costumes.