Director Shankar moves to Ram Charan film 3rd schedule : Indian 2 ???

 Director Shankar will start shoot for Ram Charan \s Telugu film from February 10th and producer Dil Raju said that the film will be a 2023 Pongal release. So what happens to Indian 2 ?. The film was to be completed and given to Lyca for a Diwali release. Sources in Raj Kamal Films say that Kamal Haasan will attend Indian 2 only after Vikram release.. 

Though the film is directed by Shankar, many of the changes in casting has been done by Kamal. Guru Somasundram has been added to Indian 2 and is said to be playing Late Vivek's character. Guru is also part of Vikram and his role in Malayalam film Minnal Murali was well received. Secondly on the heroine front, it seems Trisha could be replacing Kajol Agarwal flexible dates is an issue. Bollywood action star Vidyut Jammwal, , Siddharth, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Aishwarya Rajesh are also said to be part of the movie. dialogues are penned by Jeyamohan, Kabilan Vairmuthu and Lakshmi Saravanakumar. Others in the technical crew include music director Anirudh Ravichander, cinematographer Ravi Varman, editor Sreekar Prasad and production designer Muthuraj

Most of the script  being rewritten with Kamal's guidance. The four year old film saw death of     comedian Vivek and a fatal accident that left 10 unit hands dead, It also saw Kajol getting married and quitting films.  As part of updating exercise, many of the scenes are being damped, said a source. Shankar on the other hand is engrossed in  Ram Charan film. He visited  many locales in Andhra and has fixed Rajahmundry,, Kakinada and Kovvur for third schedule of the film.

Legal paperwork between Lyca and Shanakar is far from over, revealed a source. Lyca who had handed over Indian 2 to Shankar the production work is now in talks with Kamal Haasan's Raj Kamal Films and Madurai Anbu's Gopuram films to handle the remaining work. Sources expect Kamal wrap up Vikram by month end and Shankar to finish Ram Charan film third schedule by then. If things go smooth, Indian 2 should see revival by August.

Decks cleared for Indian 2 restart as Dr Ishari Ganesh plays mediator with DMK backup

 

Dr Ishari Ganesh ( Vels University owner and film Producer) along with  DMK's support worked in removing the ban on comedian Vadivelu - Simbu  and restart of Indian 2.   When FEFSI decided to ignore Film Producer's call for boycott of Simbu and decided to send unit hands for shooting, it was obvious that it cannot be pulled off without  DMK nod. The only VIP to attend the marriage of director Shnakar's daughter marriage ( conducted under Covid protocol)  was TN CM M K Stalin.  

 Dr. Ganesh had been a well wisher of  Vadivelu and trying to bring the actor back  by lifting the industry ban on him. Vadivelu's  plunge into politics during the 2011 poll by siding with DMK to hit out at  his neighbour Vijaykanth  proved costly. DMK lost and Vadivelu became a untouchable. Simultaneously, a comedian with his own brand of comic antics which was interpreted as social messages rose. Vadivelu sat at home  and was battling a fraud pulled on him by his  pal - actor who swindled him of a good chunk of wealth.

A month after Stalin took over as CM, Vadivelu turned up to give a cheque to CM relief fund for Corona victims. It was then in the air that comedian would start seeing the end of his troubles. It has finally happened.  Lyca who is producer of the film 24 am Pulikesi and  S Pictures ( owned by director) who produces the film on a first copy basis agreed to withdraw the complaint. Vadivelu is said to have refused to wear costumes suggested by the costume designer hired by the company and did not turn up for weeks together with the producer paying for the cost and floor rent.

Dr Ishari Ganesh was first approached by Shankar to produce  Robot 2.0 . Lyca came on board. It was Lyca- Shankar combo film 2.0 that still rated the costliest film produced in India and the biggest grosser in box office. Next was Indian 2. Dr Ishari Ganesh was asked by Shankar to mediate with Lyca and get the Indian 2 and 24 am Pulikesi off his back.

Reason according to sources was that it looked like the rest 20 % of the shoot would be under Court supervision and after completion, the earlier accounts would be audited. As a Court monitored audit would not favour  Lyca or Shankar ( who is doing it on a first copy basis) as  film production expenditure are rarely on board.

Lyca Subhaskaran has around Rs 170 crores stuck in the film Indian 2.  Lyca moves the court and also various trade bodies in  Telegu- Hindi these languages, saying Shnakar should not be allowed to work without  finishing Indian 2. The court appoints a arbitator to bring out a truce.  The common factor in Vadivelu- Shankar- Indian 2 is Lyca Subaskaran Allirajah.

Dr Ganesh is said to have arranged a straight heart to heart talk between Subaskaran and Vadivelu and another with Shankar. Vadivelu would two films for Lyca as compensation and finish Pulikesi sequel. If the sequel was dropped , then Vadivelu would pay Rs 4 cr taken as advance ( to be adjusted from his payments for two films)

Shankar was told of Vadivelu deal and he is said to have backed off from completing it as there was bad blood between both parties and cannot be patched up. Coming to Indian 2, Shankar said that unconditionally he would complete the film on a toned down budget and instead wanted him relieved from all court and trade body cases. Subaskaran agreed to it. The arbitataor would be given in writing the setellement of dispute. It would be communicated to the High Court. In turn the verdict would be announced.

In Simbu's case, Lingusamy ( director- producer), Murali Ramaswamy ( Council President and DMK hard core man ), a third  Alwyn Vijay ,a friend of Ramaswamy were all open to resolving the issue.  The fourth person is Micheal Rayappan , an ex  AIADMK MLA from Tirunelveli. He is one who says that Simbu has to pay him Rs 5 cr for the wastage incurred due to the actor's unprofessionalism.

The first three have been cleared by Dr Ishari Ganesh  as he is producer of a film with Simbu and Gautham Menon as director  and would probably be adjusted against the payment. Rayappan would be monetarily compensated by giving him distributorship of the Simbu film for Tirunelveli .