Veteran actor Kamal Haasan turned a year older today and his daughter Shruti Haasan dropped a sweet birthday wish on social media. Taking to Instagram Story, the Ramaiya Vastavaiya actor shared a childhood picture of the birthday boy along with a caption. She wrote, "Happy birthday bapuji." Ahead of his birthday on Sunday, Kamal Haasan took to social media to announce the news. The movie KH 234 will be out in theatres in 2024. Kamal Haasan Birthday: 5 Interesting Facts About Ulaganayagan to Know on His 68th Birthday.
Via Shruti Haasan's Insta Story
It is being produced by Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, R Mahendran, and Siva Ananth under their respective banners Raaj Kamal Films International and Madras Talkies. A R Rehman will be composing the music for the film. Interestingly, this is the first time that the power trio is collaborating on a project. A.R. Rahman keeps working with Mani Ratnam, however, the music maestro hasn't done a project with Kamal Haasan in a very long time.
Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan last worked 35 years ago in Nayakan. The film was released in 1987. Kamal made his entry in acting as a child artist with Kalathur Kannamma in 1960. The actor has done over 200 films including Vishwaroopam, Dasavatharam, Hey Ram, Chachi 420 and many others.
Kamal Haasan was last seen in the blockbuster movie 'Vikram' which did a worldwide business of over Rs 400 crore. Helmed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, Vikram featured Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, and Fahadh Faasil in lead roles. Actors Chemban Vinod Jose, Kalidas Jayaram, Antony Varghese, Narain, and Arjun Das also star in the film in supporting roles.
He also resumed shooting his upcoming film Indian 2 in August this year. The film's shoot came to standstill in 2020 after a crane collapsed on the set during the shooting of the film near Chennai, leaving 3 dead and 10 injured. The Eye: Shruti Haasan to Star in Daphne Schmon's International Movie.
Indian 2, which is being bankrolled by Lyca Productions, also stars Siddharth, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Bobby Simhaa, and Priya Bhavani Shankar in key roles. The first part was released in 1996. Meanwhile, Shruti's web series Bestseller was released on February 18 on Amazon Prime Video. She also has a thriller film titled Salaar in the pipeline.