It's known that Dil Raju is going to bankroll 'Bharateeyudu-2' ('Indian 2' in Tamil). The magnum opus will be directed by Shankar.

Kamal Haasan may well work on this sequel to the 1996 blockbuster 'Bharateeyudu' right from next year.

It is to be noted that Kamal Haasan won the National Award for the Best Actor for the third time for his phenomenal acting in 'Indian'.

Many may think that Kamal Haasan has joined the bandwagon of sequels as making sequels has become a trend in Kollywood today with many leading star heroes acting in the sequels of their past blockbusters. But the fact is that the Universal Star was the first to experiment many concepts that would emerge as a trend in Tamil cinema after many years and the concept of making a sequel is no exception to that rule..

Kamal acted in the first ever sequel film made in Tamil! His 1979 super hit film 'Kalayanaraman' had a sequel titled as 'Jappanil Kalyanaraman'. However, both the films had different directors. G.N.Rangarajan was the director of the first film while S.P.Muthuraman directed the sequel which released in 1985.

In another development, Kamal has said that he is ready to die in service of the nation.