Thug Life

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Movie Details

Country India
Language Tamil
GenresAction, Thriller
Release dateJune 5, 2025
Running timeTBA
CertificateTBA
StarringKamal Haasan, Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan
Directed by Mani Ratnam
Written byMani Ratnam
Produced byKamal Haasan, R. Mahendran, Mani Ratnam, Siva Ananth, Udhayanidhi Stalin
Cinematography by Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by A. Sreekar Prasad
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production Design bySharmishta Roy
Art Direction bySharmishta Roy, Neeraj Kumar Singh, Nenad Zdero
Costume Design byEka Lakhani
Production CompaniesRaaj Kamal Films International
Madras Talkies
Red Giant Movies
Distributor AP International
Home Screen Entertainment

Cast & Characters

  • Kamal Haasan as Rangaraaya Sakthivel Naicker
  • Silambarasan
  • Trisha Krishnan
  • Ashok Selvan
  • Aishwarya Lekshmi
  • Joju George
  • Abhirami
  • Nassar
  • Chetan
  • Mahesh Manjrekar
  • Tanikella Bharani
  • Bagavathi Perumal
  • Chinni Jayanth
  • Vaiyapuri
  • Ali Fazal
  • Rohit Saraf
  • Baburaj
  • Pankaj Tripathi
  • Arjun Chidambaram
  • Rajshri Deshpande
  • Sanya Malhotra
  • Vadivukarasi

Storyline

According to the makers, Thug Life is a gangster action drama film.

About Movie

Thug Life is an upcoming Tamil action thriller film directed by Mani Ratnam, who co-wrote the script with Kamal Haasan. The film stars Haasan, Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan, Ashok Selvan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George, Abhirami, Nassar, Ali Fazal, and Pankaj Tripathi.

The film was officially announced in November 2022 under the tentative title Kamal Haasan 234, marking Haasan’s 234th film as a lead actor. The official title, Thug Life, was revealed on November 6, 2023, on the eve of Kamal Haasan’s birthday.

Principal photography for Thug Life commenced on January 24, 2024, with the first schedule taking place at a college in Shenoy Nagar. The schedule wrapped up on January 31. In early February, Mani Ratnam scouted locations for the second schedule in various European countries, including Serbia. Following this, the second schedule began on April 21 in New Delhi and concluded on May 12.

The third schedule kicked off on May 21 in Chennai. By July 2024, fifty percent of the film’s shooting had been completed. On July 29, 2024, Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan began dubbing for their portions. Full-fledged post-production work started on September 24, 2024.

Thug Life marks the highly anticipated reunion of Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam, who last collaborated on the iconic film Nayakan (1987).

Thug Life Release Date

Thug Life is scheduled to be released theatrically on 5 June 2025. Although the producers initially planned for a release in the last quarter of 2024, they later finalized the current release date. Home mediaThe post-theatrical streaming rights were acquired by Netflix for ₹149.7 crore (US$17 million).

Budget & Box Office Collection

BudgetTBA
Opening DayTBA
Domestic CollectionTBA
International CollectionTBA
Worldwide CollectionTBA

Soundtracks

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1King of Thugs (Instrumental)ChoirA.R. RahmanNakul Abhyankar, Amina Rafiq, Deepthi Suresh, Rakshita Suresh, Alexandra Joy2:54
2New Thug In Town (Instrumental)ChoirA.R. Rahman0:44
3The OG Thug (Instrumental)ChoirA.R. RahmanKarthik Netha, Alexandra Joy0:42
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