Thug Life

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Movie Details
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Genres | Action, Thriller |
Release date | June 5, 2025 |
Running time | TBA |
Certificate | TBA |
Starring | Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan |
Directed by | Mani Ratnam |
Written by | Mani Ratnam |
Produced by | Kamal Haasan, R. Mahendran, Mani Ratnam, Siva Ananth, Udhayanidhi Stalin |
Cinematography by | Ravi K. Chandran |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Production Design by | Sharmishta Roy |
Art Direction by | Sharmishta Roy, Neeraj Kumar Singh, Nenad Zdero |
Costume Design by | Eka Lakhani |
Production Companies | Raaj 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
Budget | TBA |
Opening Day | TBA |
Domestic Collection | TBA |
International Collection | TBA |
Worldwide Collection | TBA |
Soundtracks
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1 | King of Thugs (Instrumental) | Choir | A.R. Rahman | Nakul Abhyankar, Amina Rafiq, Deepthi Suresh, Rakshita Suresh, Alexandra Joy | 2:54 |
2 | New Thug In Town (Instrumental) | Choir | A.R. Rahman | — | 0:44 |
3 | The OG Thug (Instrumental) | Choir | A.R. Rahman | Karthik Netha, Alexandra Joy | 0:42 |