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Nayagan, also known as Nayakan, is a 1987 Tamil biopic, written and directed by Mani Ratnam and starring Kamal Haasan. It is based on the real-life Bombay underworld don Varada aka Varadarajan Mudaliar, and sympathetically depicts the struggle of South Indians living in Bombay. The film also stars Saranya Ponvannan, Karthika, Nassar, Delhi Ganesh and Janagaraj. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and met with a successful response after release. The film released on 21 October 1987 coinciding with Diwali and received critical acclaim worldwide. Kamal Hassan's performance as Velu Naiker earned him a National Film Award for Best Actor. The film also earned the National Award for Best Cinematography (P. C. Sriram) and Best Art Direction (Thotta Tharani). The film was nominated by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 1987. In 2005, the Time Magazine included Nayagan in its list of "All-Time 100 Best Films". The film was dubbed in Telugu under the title Nayakudu. It was also remade in Hindi as Dayavan in 1988. A Hindi dub of the film was released in 1999 as Velu Nayakan.

Vishwaroopam is an upcoming Tamil spy thriller film written, directed and co-produced by Kamal Haasan that features himself in the lead role. The film, also has Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose, Andrea Jeremiah and Jaideep Ahlawat in supporting roles. The soundtrack is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, with lyrics by Vairamuthu. The film is being made simultaneously in Hindi as Vishwaroop. Development of the project commenced after the release of Kamal's Manmadhan Ambu, and several of the crew were imported from Hollywood. The direction department was taken over by Kamal Haasan from Selvaraghavan, and reports indicating a comparison with Hollywood films surfaced during the production. The initially estimated budget was around INR150 crore (US$29.93 million), making it one of the most expensive Indian films. Due to delays, casting took a relatively long period of time, after Sonakshi Sinha dropped out of the project. The film was shot extensively overseas, in countries including the United States and Canada, while domestic locations included Mumbai and Chennai.