After his collaboration with superstar Rajnikanth, Akshay Kumar will reportedly be seen playing the villain's role in Kamal Hassan's Indian 2.  After starring in Indian, Haasan will be seen in the sequel in which Akshay reportedly will be playing the role of a villain. Haasan had bagged the National Award in Best Actor category for Indian in 1996.

According to reports, Shankar had approached Ajay Devgn who was eager to work in the film, but couldn't get on board. Meanwhile, Akshay agreed to take up the role. 

Last Tuesday, an introductory poster of the film was released by the makers. The film is set to be a big budget film. 

According to reports, Indian 2 will be Kamal Haasan's last film post which he will retire from his acting career and only focus on his political work.