Earlier we reported that Kamal Haasan, Shruti Haasan are sharing the screen space for Shabhsh Naidu. The trilingual film being made in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil now ran into trouble it seems. Being shot in US, the film’s director TK Rajeev Kumar has fallen ill. While initially Kamal directed a song sequence of the film till Rajeev is recovered, he recovered slightly and again fallen severely ill.
Now Kamal Haasan has taken over the reigns of the film and he himself is directing the movie. The multi-faceted actor-writer-director Kamal is helming the most-awaited project. It’s learnt that there’s nothing to worry about Rajeev’s health and he is expected to recover. But Rajeev could only recuperate in few months and this is against to the scheduled release of film in August. In order to make it up, Kamal decided to wield the megaphone.
Kamal’s role in Shabash Naidu is a take-off from the character Balram Naidu, a Research Analysis Wing officer that Kamal Haasan played in Dasavatharam which the audience loved. Ace comedian Brahmanandam has been roped into play his side kick Appa Rao in the Telugu and Tamil versions whereas Saurabh Shukla will reprise Brahmi in the Hindi version.The film features actress Ramya Krishnan in a significant role. Maestro Ilayaraja has rendered tunes for the film.