Kamal and Mohanlal come together!

Kamal Haasan is back again before the camera! And this time, it's for Thalaivan Irukiran, is a Tamil remake of critically-acclaimed Bollywood film A Wednesday. Kamal is expected to essay the role played by Naseerudin Shah while Mohanlal is playing the cop's role played by Anupam Kher.

The role played by Jimmy Shergill will be taken up by Ganesh Venkatraman. The film is directed by Chakri and Shruti Haasan is expected to work on the background score.

This is the first time that both Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal are coming together. They are considered the two pillars of the Tamil and Malayalam film industry respectively. We can for sure get to see a fine treat with a combination as rare as this!

Shooting began in Ramoji Rao Studios and is expected to be completed by May 31. Tentatively, the movie's release has been fixed for the first week of July.