AR Rahman On Lovable Threat Given By Kamal Hassan For Thug Life; Says, “What New Can You Do…”

Kamal Haasan is an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, social activist and politician who works in Tamil cinema. He has won 4 National Film Awards, 9 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, among many others. During the exclusive first song, Jinguchaa launch from Thug Life in Chennai, AR Rahman recalls a lovable threat given by Kamal Haasan.

AR Rahman On Lovable Threat Given By Kamal Haasan For Thug Life

Talking about working with Kamal Haasan, AR Rahman said, “I think he really meant what he said. Like, beyond what new can you do?” Kamal Haasan said, “You must always do beyond yourself. And you are doing this now.”

Talking about working with Kamal Haasan, AR Rahman said, “I don’t know what to say. I think Kamal sir, his movie, he’s done everything, and he’s looking and telling what are you going to do. Like that, every scene which I’m scoring, I feel like from the screen he’s looking at me, what are you going to do? And Mani sir and Kamal ji have created Nayakan, which is sort of the most iconic movie, reinventing cinema in a way with Mr. Illayaraja, and they’ve done amazing work. And this movie is not Nayakan, it is different from Nayakan, and so I didn’t have that weight on me. It’s got a very forward-thinking, more of a today’s sound, but still has that magic of what they did together, I think in portions.”

He added, “So I’m really honoured and I’m very excited. I’m still scoring for the past four months, every day I’ll be doing something, sending it to Mani sir and saying is it good or not. And Trisha, Abhirami, Simbu, and the whole team Ravi, Rajayant, HMV, Sarika maa everybody, good luck, thank you.
Ella pugazhum iraivanukke [ All glory to God].”

About Thug Life

Thug Life is an upcoming Tamil-language gangster action drama. It has been directed by Mani Ratnam in collaboration with Kamal Haasan to co-write the screenplay. The film is a joint production venture between Raaj Kamal Films International, Madras Talkies, and Red Giant Movies. It stars a stellar cast including Haasan, Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan and Ashok Selvan. Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George, Abhirami, Nassar, Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi, Sanya Malhotra, Rohit Saraf, and Vaiyapuri will also be seen. This project marks the reunion of Haasan and Ratnam after their iconic film Nayakan (1987). Thug Life is set to release worldwide in theatres on June 5, 2025.

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