Thug Life: Kamal Haasan starts dubbing for Mani Ratnam's film; major update on next schedule is out

Thug Life, one of the most anticipated upcoming Tamil films, is nearing the final leg of its production. Here are some major updates on Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam’s ambitious project.

Kamal Haasan as Rangaraya Sakthivel Nayakar in Thug Life.

Kamal Haasan is reuniting with veteran filmmaker Mani Ratnam for Thug Life, his next outing in Tamil cinema. The movie, which is touted to be a hyperlink action drama, is now nearing the final stages of its production. As reported earlier, the senior director and his team are planning to wrap up the filming of Thug Life with a couple of schedules. Meanwhile, the team has already kickstarted the post-production of the film. Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan TR, who plays a key role in Thug Life, are now busy with the dubbing.

Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan finish dubbing for Thug Life’s first-half

According to the latest updates, leading man Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan TR have already finished dubbing for the first half of Thug Life. The production banners, RKFI and Madras Talkies, dropped a major update recently with a social media post, that confirmed Haasan has indeed started dubbing for the film. "When Ulaganayagan voices it, the World listens! #ThugLifeDubbingBegins #VoiceofThugs," wrote the banners as they shared a special video from the dubbing studio, featuring the leading man and veteran filmmaker.

Interestingly, director Mani Ratnam and his team are not waiting for the entire filming to finish to kickstart the post-production works of the film. Instead, the team is focusing on the post-production of the first half, as the filmmaker will proceed to finish the pending portions of the film.

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Thug Life next schedule to start rolling in Goa soon?

If the recent updates are to be believed, the next schedule of Thug Life will start rolling in Goa in a few days. Even though director Mani Ratnam and his team have not finalised the date yet, the upcoming schedule of the film is expected to start rolling by the first week of August 2024. After wrapping up the upcoming Goa schedule, the team will take another short break, before commencing the pending foreign schedule of the film. As per the reports, Mani Ratnam and his team are planning to wrap up the entire filming of the Kamal Haasan-starrer by September 2024.

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If things proceed at the same rate, a major update on the Kamal Haasan-starrer – mostly the long-awaited Thug Life teaser or the first single might be revealed in August 2024. The grapevine suggests that there are high chances for the team to drop a major update, on the special occasion of Independence Day 2024. An official announcement on the same is expected to be out in a few days.

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