Kamal Haasan to bring back an old character in his next film

Kamal Haasan will play one of his most popular characters in a film where he features along with his daughter Shruti. The film will be directed by Rajeev Kumar.

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan will revive one of his most-loved characters from yesteryear in his next yet-untitled trilingual project, which will be officially be launched in Chennai on Friday.

To be directed by Rajeev Kumar, the film will feature Haasan and his daughter Shruti as father-daughter for the first time on the screen. (iKamalHaasan/Facebook)

“It’s true that Kamal sir will be playing one of his most popular characters, and it’s tipped to be hilarious. He will officially announce it on Friday,” said a source close to Haasan. To be directed by Rajeev Kumar, the film will feature Haasan and his daughter Shruti Haasan as father-daughter for the first time on the screen.

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Popular Telugu comedian Brahmanandam, Ramya Krishnan and Saurabh Shukla are already part of the project, which will be simultaneously shot in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. A majority portion of the film will be shot in the US, besides some scenes in India. Maestro Ilayaraja has been roped in to compose the tunes.