S Shankar Zeroes In On Two Big Festivals To Release Kamal Haasan's Indian 2 & Ram Charan's RC 15, Deets Here!

Director Shankar Shanmugam aka S Shankar is on a roll these days as the veteran director is busy shooting two films at a time-one with the legendary actor, Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan, and the other with the latest international sensation, RRR star Ram Charan. Both his films are on sets in Chennai and Hyderabad, and the director is juggling between two films, with his team.

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Indian 2

After the massive success and newfound energy Kamal Haasan enjoyed through Lokesh Kanagaraj's Vikram, his long-stalled project Indian 2 resumed work. Actress Kajal Aggarwal is the film's female lead, marking her return to films after marriage and having a child. The movie is being shot on a huge budget for pan-India viewers by Subaskaran Allirajah and Udhayanidhi Stalin under the Lyca Productions and Red Giant Movies banners.

Indian 2 Cast

The film stars an ensemble set of actors like Gulshan Grover, Nedumudi Venu, Rakul Preet Singh, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Samuthirakani, Bobby Simha, Delhi Ganesh, Manobala, Jayaprakash, and Vennela Kishore among others. Late actor-comedian Vivek also shot for the movie during the first schedule, and his scenes will be included in the film as a tribute to the actor.

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Indian 2 Crew

Rathnavelu and Ravi Varman joined hands to cinematography the most awaited sequel of Indian aka Bharatheeyudu. A Sreekar Prasad is the editor of the film, and Anirudh Ravichander is composing the film's music and score.

RC 15

The yet-to-be-titled movie of Ram Charan and Kiara Advani is a direct Telugu debut for Shankar. The bilingual movie is bankrolled by Dil Raju, who produced Varisu with Thalapathy Vijay under the Sri Venkateswara Creations banner. RC 15's story was written by Karthik Subbaraj, and features Ram Charan in a dual role.

RC 15 Cast

While Kiara Advani is paired opposite Ram Charan for the second time, RC 15 also stars SJ Suryah, Anjali, Jayaram, Sunil, Srikanth, Naveen Chandra, Nassar, Raghubabu, and Samuthirakani playing key roles.

RC 15 Crew

The dialogues for the film are penned by Sai Madhav Burra. Shameer Muhammed is on board as the editor, and S Thaman is the film's musician. Tirru and Rathnavelu are the cinematographers of RC 15.

According to the latest buzz, we hear that Shankar has decided to release both these star-studded, highly-awaited movies as festival releases. To cash in on the holiday season, and to ensure fans have a great experience, the director is said to have chosen Sankranthi and Diwali as the best time for theatrical release.

Going by the buzz, Shankar wants Indian 2 to hit the screens for Diwali, which is another important movie release time after Pongal for the people of Tamil Nadu. Apparently, the director wants to ensure that RC 15 hits the screens on Sankranthi in 2024. However, an official announcement of the same is, awaited.