Kamal Haasan - Lyca Again / Inside info on STR 49 - Suriya-/ Sivakarthikeyan- Pradeep clash

 

• Kamal Haasan's Hollywood to Silicon Valley trips are on Instagram. Back home, we told you that Kamal and Mani are meeting the Media on April 18 in the seaside Hotel in Chennai. Now we hear that Lyca after confirming the release of Indian 3 with help from Kamal and Shankar is happy that Uulaga … sorry KH has agreed to do a quickie action film on a limited budget. It has a two months shooting dates and rest for post production. Whether this is Anbiarivu project or a new one that he has scripted, no idea. We infer that it is a gesture from KH to Lyca to get back on their feet. We know that Rajinikanth had already committed a film to Lyca as a friendly gesture. We had told you about Jailer 2 shoot in Kerala. Jailer 2 will be released in April 2026. A 35-day schedule starts tomorrow.
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  • Updates on  STR49 . This week STR is going to the saloon to get rid of his long hair and beard. He will be now be seen as the clean shaven vintage STR  will be playing a full-on college rowdy. You will see full gray shades in this role.  Mrunal Thakur and Santhanam are locked, and Kayadu Lohar is being discussed. December release- Pooja next week, along with the first single of Thug Life released during the last week of April. STR might make his clean shaven appearance with Thug Life on April 18^th. STR 49 is written and directed by Ramkumar Balakrishnan who made his debut with the critically acclaimed thriller drama Parking in 2023. 
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    We had told about the impact about ARM’s Sikandar on his Tamil film Madharasi starring Sivakarthikeyan.( see https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2025/04/siikandar-puts-sivakarthikeyan.html ). It seems after much thinking and arguments, it has been decided to release it on September 5^th. Now we hear that Pradeep Ranganathan’s LIK too is planning a September release. 30 days of shoot remains.

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    Like Kamal’s action quickie, Suriya – Venkat Atluri film will be a two month start to finish schedule . Mamitha Baiju is the love interest and this will be a pure love story and after a long time we will get to see him as an undiluted romantic. Shooting starts in June. After this the shoot of Vetrimaaran’s Vaadivaasal with Suriya begins. A melody song has already been composed. GVP scores the music.