After a succesful outing with Unnaipol Oruvan / Eenadu, fans await the announcement of Kamal’s next venture. Usually, even before one movie releases, we would know what’s coming up next. But this time has been an exception. With Kamal back after spending a few weeks in USA, we expect to hear something concrete very soon. But let’s check out what’s been coming through confirmed and unconfirmed channels.

The strongest contender is the movie with Mysskin. After several rounds of rumours, Kamal confirmed that he has indeed ‘booked’ Mysskin on behalf of Raajkamal Films, but has not yet confirmed if that will be his next movie. It started with Mysskin meeting Kamal after the latter watched his yet-to-be-released Nandhalala and praised it (The Times of India | Yahoo | Behindwoods | Thenaali.com | CineSouth | SivajiTV.com | Dinamani | TamilCinema.com). One strong rumour regarding this is that the movie will be a historical — stories have ranged from Buddha’s tooth (Kumudam | Sify.com | The Times of India | MSN | SivajiTV.com | Behindwoods | Thenaali.com) to even a revival of Marmayogi (Thatstamil | SivajiTV.com)! Rumour-mills generated creative titles, brought in AR Rahman — you name it! Read more, if you care, from The Times of India, Sify.com, ChennaiOnline, Thatstamil, Behindwoods, Thenaali.com, TamilCinema.com.

Other directors who have been rumoured to be in the fray were Ameer (Behindwoods), KS Ravikumar (IndiaGlitz | Galatta.com), AR Murugadoss (The Times of India | Thenaali.com), Balu Mahendra (CineSouth) and Priyadarshan (Sify.com). Kamal’s meeting with these various directors was reported by Webdunia and SivajiTV.com. Moving beyond directors, this speculation has extended to heroines too (ChennaiOnline).

Another plan of Kamal is to do a movie with K Balachander — no, not under his direction (after 2 decades), but Kamal acting with and directing KB! This project too is not confirmed yet. Check out reports from Express Buzz, IndiaGlitz, Thenaali.com and Dinamalar.

[With extensive inputs from Ananth]