Director Lokesh Kanagaraj is currently ready for the release of his film Cool, which plays the role of Rajinikanth in the lead role. As part of its promotion, the director spread his early ideas for Kathy 2 and how it developed after the establishment of LCU.
Is Kathi’s Kathy 2 set 10 years before the first installment?
Talking with Valai Pichu, Lokesh Kanagarj said, “When I started Kathy, I had no idea about LCU and all … which came later. If you look at Kathy’s climax, you see how we teased the character of Dili.”
He said, “We decided the open-ended climax, with which we can detect character before being imprisoned for 10 years. Now, as it develops in a cinematic universe, we will be able to bring Leo and Vikram characters,” he said.
While the pre-production of the film has not begun, Lokesh confirmed that about 30-35 pages of the story had been completed.
Additionally, Lokesh Kanagarj expanded how, as a manufacturer, he could save time in world building with a cinematic universe. The filmmaker revealed that with mutual association with films like Kathy, Vikram, and Leo, he had the freedom to not exceed character introduction and instead went straight into the story.
LCU’s future
For those unknown people, LCU (Lokesh Cinematic Universe) is a series of mutual films made by filmmaker Lokesh Kanagraj. The universe, which began with the Karthi starrer Kathy, was expanded to another world, including Kamal Haasan’s Vikram (2022) and Thalapathi Vijay’s film Lio (2023).
Along with integrating all 3 films in the same story, it is to be further expanded with films like Benz and Kathy 2. In addition, Lokesh has also planned to create enterprises such as Vikram 2, Leo 2, and a standalone spin-off based on Suriya’s character Rolex within the universe.
About coolie
Cool is an upcoming Tamil-language action thriller starring Rajinikanth in the lead role. The film is slated to release on August 14, 2025, including Nagarjuna Akineni, Upendra Rao and Aamir Khan (in the role of a cameo) in the lead roles.
The film is called a standalone venture unrelated to the director’s LCU, which has important characters with actors such as Shruti Haasan, Saubin Shahir, Satyaraj and more sports.
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