Kamal Haasan Opens Up On Reviving Marudhanayagam

With the success of Kamal Haasan’s Vikram directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the buzz around the star actor reviving his shelved project has been on a all time high over the last few days. Kamal Haasan and Lokesh Kanagaraj met the media at the Vikram post-release press meet and answered questions about their future ventures.
Talking about reviving films like Marmayogi, Sabaash Naidu and Marudhanayagam, Kamal said, After such long delays, I have a bit of disinterest towards these films. I have lived with it for long and wathced it so many times. Maybe if the the right people come forward and restart them, since I have learnt not to get locked with it alone.
It is well known that Kamal Haasan’s dream project is Marudhanayagam, which was launched in 1997, but was put in cold storage several years ago owing to financial crises. Marudhanayagam is period film, which revolves around the life of the 18th century warrior Mohammad Yusuf Khan, was expected to release in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English.
Earlier, a poster of Marudhanayagam displayed with Sundar C’s Sangamithra at the Cannes 2017, had fueled speculations that superstar Kamal Haasan has revived his dream project. Later in 2020, The Ulaganayagan had earlier said the the film might come with someone else acting in it, since he is actively into politics and wants to serve people. There were also speculations that Kamal Haasan might rope in Chiyaan Vikram to play the lead role in ‘Marudhanayagam’.