Director Shankar has been the constant innovator in Tamil cinema which trait has earned him the respect of his contemporaries in other languages too. The veteran's recent grand spectacle '2.0' starring Superstar Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar challenged even Hollywood films with the technical wizardry and action sequences.

Shankar is currently directing 'Indian 2' starring Kamal Haasan, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh and Priya Bhavani Shankar which has seen some unfortunate delays further affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Since the film needs some extensive crowds in almost all scenes it has been reportedly decided to shoot scenes not involving Kamal in the coming months. Later Kamal's shots are expected to be canned once the general elections are completed according to sources.

We broke the news first to you that Shankar has already started his pre-production work for his next magnum opus and it's going to be a multistarrer involving big stars in all South Indian languages and Bollywood. Read: Shankar firms up his next movie with four top heroes?

Now comes the news that Shankar's new multistarrer is a historical and the script work is underway in full swing and the project would take off as soon as 'Indian 2' ends. Sources add that Prabhas from the Telugu industry, Yash from Kannada, Vijay Sethupathi from Tamil and Fahadh Fazil from Malayalam are likely to star though nothing is confirmed yet. Lets wait for the official announcement on this dream project in the coming months.