Thug Life is an upcoming Tamil gangster action drama film directed by Mani Ratnam, who co-wrote the script with Kamal Haasan. Produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, Madras Talkies and Red Giant Movies
The film was officially announced in November 2022 under the tentative title Kamal Haasan 234, as it is Haasan’s 234th film as a lead actor, and the official title was revealed a year later. Principal photography took place from January and late 2024 across Chennai, Kanchipuram, Pondicherry, New Delhi, and parts of North India. The film has music composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography handled by Ravi K. Chandran and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.
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| Thug Life |
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| Directed by | Mani Ratnam |
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| Written by | Mani Ratnam Kamal Haasan |
| Produced by | Kamal HaasanR. MahendranMani RatnamSiva AnanthUdhayanidhi Stalin |
| Starring | Kamal Haasan,Silambarasan,Trisha Krishnan |
| Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Production companies | Raaj Kamal Films, InternationalMadras, TalkiesRed Giant Movies |
| Distributed by | see below |
| Release date | 5 June 2025 |
| Running time | 163 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹300 crore |
| Box Office | – |
Thug Life Cast
- Kamal Haasan as Rangaraaya Sakthivel Naicker
- Silambarasan as Amaran
- Trisha Krishnan as Indhrani
- Abhirami
- Aishwarya Lekshmi
- Ashok Selvan
- Joju George
- Nassar
- Ali Fazal
- Sanjana Krishnamoorthy
- Mahesh Manjrekar
- Tanikella Bharani
- Vadivukarasi
- Chinni Jayanth
- Vaiyapuri
- Bagavathi Perumal
- Baburaj
- Rohit Saraf
- Arjun Chidambaram
- Chetan
- Rajshri Deshpande
- Velmurugan Ravi
- Srikanth Menon
- Nithya Shree
- Rishi Karthick
- Sanya Malhotra
