Kamal Haasan confirms Ajay Devgn as part of ‘Indian 2’

Kamal Haasan, who is busy promoting his upcoming movie, ‘Vishwaroopam 2,’ has revealed that Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn will be part of ‘Indian 2’, the much-awaited sequel to the 1996 hit.
 
In a recent interview, Haasan ended the speculation around Devgn being part of the film. he said “That was what I was told but it is the director’s call.”
 
Devgn’s presence in the film was already rumoured but wasn’t confirmed until now.
 
‘Indian’ starred Haasan in a double role along with Sukanya, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar and Goundamani. The movie is about Senapathy, a freedom struggle veteran, who turns into a vigilante and murders corrupt government officials, reports The New Indian Express.
 
Interestingly, the film ended with Senapathy killing his son Chandrabose (a corrupt middleman) and vanishing from the police radar. The epilogue of the film showed Senapathy telling the investigating cop (Nedumudi Venu) that he will be back. Senapathy was showed as a 70-year-old veteran. He will be 90 now.
 
‘Indian 2’ will be helmed by Shankar, who had also directed the prequel. Jeyamohan, Kabilan Vairmuthu and Lakshmi Saravanakumar will be collaborating in writing the dialogues.
 
Meanwhile, ‘Vishwaroopam 2’, the sequel to his 2013 hit, releases 10th August. The movie written and directed by the actor himself also features Andreah Jeremiah, Pooja Kumar, Hindi film director Shekhar Kapur, Nasser and Rahul Bose.
 
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