The buzz around the upcoming pan-India film Thug Life is at an all-time high. With just two weeks to go until its grand release, the cast and crew have their plates full with promotions. During one such promotional interview, Kamal Haasan revealed that Thug Life is based on a script that was originally written by him.
In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter India, Kamal Haasan revealed that Thug Life has been picked from a script he had written, titled Amar Hai. Shedding light on the concept, he explained: “I finished the script. It was called Amar Hai at that time. Amar hai is a pun; a man who is believed to be dead is not dead. His name is Amar, and that’s the problem. The trailer says, ‘The trouble with him is that he’s dead.’ It starts with a mysterious dead body, and then he appears and peeks in."
"I wrote this and that character, but he (Mani Ratnam) took it like an idea. It’s like telling a joke — you say you like it, but the final punch could be sharper," he added.
Produced by Kamal Haasan’s Raaj Kamal Films International, Mani Ratnam’s Madras Talkies, R Mahendran, and Siva Ananth, Thug Life features an ensemble cast of some of the biggest names of not just south but also Bollywood. Kamal Haasan leads the film as Rangaraaya Sakthivel Naicker, alongside Silambarasan TR, Trisha Krishnan, Ashok Selvan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George, Ali Fazal, Sanya Malhotra, and Rohit Saraf, among others.
The film has been helmed by Mani Ratnam and the music has been composed by AR Rahman, Thug Life is all set for a worldwide theatrical release on June 5, 2025.
