Kamal Haasan- Shankar ` Indian 2' abandoned ?

 Multiple sources seem to confirm the news that Indian 2, the mega budget film with Kamal Haasan and director Shankar has been given a silent burial. Checking out this news on many fronts related to Actor Kamal Haassan and director Shankar. events that are moving rapidly, Indian 2 will probably go down as a ill fated film project that took off in style and got a silent burial. 

For one Bigg Boss Tamil next season is fast getting ready to go on floors and as with Bigg Boss Ultimate, this will be a 24x7 on Disney Hotstar with a 90 minute capsule every day on Star Vijay. Kamal Haasan is the host and as things move on STR might step in. STR link with Disney- Hotstar and Star Vijay was the reason for his presence at Vikram' audio . Vikram OTT rights is with Disney- Hotstar.

Kamal Haasan is in talks with Rajmouli for a Mahesh Babu Pan Indian film. His next as actor is with Pa Ranjith as director and once again with Lokesh Kanakraj and followed by  Mahesh Narayanan as director. All are his own productions. Apart from this he is to produce a film with Sivakarthikeyan as hero. Though production side will be handled by Mahendran , executive producer, Kamal as actor has his calendar full. In this calendar, Indian 2 does not figure.

For Shankar, Ram Charan film will keep him occupied for rest of the year. The film is releasing only for Pongal ( January 2023). Reshoot of portions of comedian Vivek and making changes to bring in another heroine  in place of Kajal Aggarwal ( got married and is mother of a baby girl) are the two major headaches. Secondly, Lyca Productions who wanted the film to be ready for Diwali release finds that it is sitting on a project that is ill fated as spending more money on it to reassemble the broken pieces  might not be a good decision. Apart from this, the death of crew members in an accident too is seen an ominous.  Lyca needs to put in Rs 50 crores more and another half of it on promotion. After Marudhanayagam, Sabhash Naidu, Indian 2 is likely to be Kamal Haasan's third film that took off and got shelved ,if  trends are any indicators.

In May 2020, India Today reported the film was shelved but a LYCA spokesperson replied saying " We have completed almost 60 percent of the film’s shoot. How will we consider dropping the project?. We will start after lockdown".

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.