Thug Life: 2025 Kamal Haasan Gangster Action Drama Tamil Film

Movie Name: Thug Life
Directed by: Mani Ratnam
Starring: Kamal Haasan, 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
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
Release Date: 05 June, 2025
Language: Tamil
Running Time: – Minutes
Rating: –
Production Companies: Raaj Kamal Films International, Madras Talkies, Red Giant Movies
Budget: ₹- Crore

Thug Life: Movie Overview

Thug Life is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language gangster action drama film directed by Mani Ratnam, who co-wrote the script with Kamal Haasan. It is jointly produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, Madras Talkies and Red Giant Movies. The film stars Haasan, alongside Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan, Ashok Selvan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George, Abhirami, Nassar, Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi, Sanya Malhotra, Rohit Saraf and Vaiyapuri. It signifies the reunion of Haasan and Ratnam, after their previous film Nayakan (1987).

The film was officially announced in November 2022 under the tentative title Kamal Haasan 234, as it is Haasan’s 234th film as a lead actor, and the official title was revealed a year later. Principal photography commenced from January 2024, where the film was shot across Chennai, Kanchipuram, Pondicherry, New Delhi, and parts of North India. The film has music composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography handled by Ravi K. Chandran and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.

Thug Life is scheduled to be released worldwide on 5 June 2025 in theatres.

The songs and background score are composed by A. R. Rahman, in his third collaboration with Haasan after Indian (1996) and Thenali (2000); Nineteenth with Ratnam. Another song features lyrics written by Haasan. He stated that the lyrics were written within an hour, and the song was produced in just a couple of hours.

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Thug Life Movie Songs:

Song Title: King of Thugs (Instrumental)
Lyrics: Choir
Music Composer: A.R. Rahman
Singer(s): Nakul Abhyankar, Amina Rafiq, Deepthi Suresh, Rakshita Suresh, Alexandra Joy

Song Title: New Thug in Town
Lyrics: Choir
Music Composer: A.R. Rahman

Song Title: Jinguchaa
Lyrics: Kamal Haasan
Music Composer: A.R. Rahman
Singer(s): Vaishali Samant, Shakthisree Gopalan & Adithya RK