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.

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.

In late 2002, Kamal Haasan unveiled plans for a film project titled Moo, which he intended to co-direct alongside filmmakers Mani Ratnam and Singeetam Srinivasa Rao.

[3] The project was funded by their and Udhayanidhi Stalin's companies, Raaj Kamal Films International, Madras Talkies and Red Giant Movies, which also co-produced Haasan's Indian 2 (2024).

[4][5] Tentatively titled Kamal Haasan 234, it marks a full-fledged reunion of the actor and director after 35 years since the release of their cult film Nayakan (1987).

Amritha Ram would style Haasan along with his regular costume designers Eka Lakhani and makeup artist Ranjith Ambady.

[25] Silambarasan was cast in an important role,[26] in his second collaboration with Haasan, as the latter is the producer of STR 48, and second with Ratnam after Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018).

[33] Ravi Mohan,[34] Dulquer Salmaan,[35] Gautham Karthik,[36] Joju George,[37] and Aishwarya Lekshmi were initially cast to play prominent roles.

[46] Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi and Vaiyapuri were present at the film's preliminary shooting, confirming their presence.

[52] Haasan filmed a portion with Abhirami and Joju before he left to the United States to participate in the post-production works for Indian 2.

[61] Both the actors, along with Nassar, Abhirami, Vaiyapuri and Malhotra began filming a portion on 6 May at the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple,[62] which went on for three hours from 6 am to 9 am, to avoid mid-day summer heat.

[64] The team shot at Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple, Tughlaqabad Fort and Pataudi Palace in this schedule which was wrapped on 12 May.

[70] An incident with Joju occurred when the actor did a stunt, which was jumping from a helicopter, where he tripped and fell, leading to a fractured left foot.

[78] Despite principal photography announced as having wrapped on 24 September,[79] on 26 October, Ratnam planned for shooting a romantic song featuring Silambarasan and Trisha across North India which began filming on 4 November.