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Top South Indian actor Kamal Haasan signed Indian 2, the sequel of his super hit film Indian. The film is directed by Shankar and half of the film's shoot is completed. Due to the creative differences between the director and the producer, the shoot is delayed and is kept on hold. Lyca Productions spent lavishly on the film and they approached the court against Shankar to resume the shoot of the film. Then came the coronavirus pandemic and delayed the film further. Kamal Haasan meanwhile completed the shoot of Vikram and the film ended up as the biggest hits in Kamal's career. Now the issues of Indian 2 are resolved recently.
Kajal Aggarwal is the leading lady and she was trained specially for the film as she needs to perform some dare devil stunts. The actress got married and she is busy with her family life currently. Shankar's team approached Kajal and the actress rejected joining the shoot. The team of Indian 2 is now busy finalizing the leading lady for the film. Bollywood beauties like Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone are considered and one among them are expected to be locked and announced. The scenes shot on Kajal will be shot again. Some other actors will be replaced and the shoot resumes in September. Indian 2 is expected to release in summer 2023 in the all the Indian languages. Shankar is also directing Ram Charan in his next film and the shoot is half done.