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Thalaivan Irrukiran
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Thalaivan Irrukiran is an upcoming movie to be Directed by Kamal Haasan. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Saif Ali Khan, Trisha, and Venkatesh. Music will be composed by A.R Rahman. Shooting is said to commence from January 2009 onwards. Development Intially, after the success of Haasan's last venture, Dasavathaaram, it was announced that he would direct a 7th century period film. Entitled as Marmayogi, the film's cast had himself, Trisha Krishnan, Shriya Saran, Hema Malini, and Shobana in various roles with A.R Rahman collaborating with Haasan for music. The producer of the film, Pyramid Samieera was in a bit of a financial crisis because of his high purchase of Rajnikanth's film, Kuselan. The film was a disaster at box-office and oweing to it's failure, the project could not take off.Unconfirmed Rumors began to fly around that the shooting indeed been stalled, while others claimed that the project was dropped. On November 7th, 2008, an associate from Haasan's production office had confirmed that Marmayogi was indeed shelved. However, Haasan had decided to usurp the call sheets of Marmayogi and script for another venture titled, Thalaivan Irukiran. A 60 crore project was finalized with Gemini Films Circuit, who had earlier done Haasan's Vasool Raja MBBS. Casting Haasan was indeed keen on working with the Malayalam superstar, Mohanlal for a long time. When Haasan narrated the script to Mohanlal, he was very impressed and also was keen on acting with Haasan as well. Lal had been signed on to the project. Also confirmed to be in the cast is Saif Ali Khan, and Telugu actor, Venkatesh. As far as heroine casting is concerned, numerous websites and news report that Trisha, who had given 200 days for Marmayogi had been signed onto this film. However, Mumbai Mirror and other sources claim that actress Tabu is signed on instead opposite to Venkatesh. It is unclear whether she is an additional heroine for the film or Trisha Krishnan's replacement. The film is slated for a 2009 Diwali Release. See Also
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