NDTV's Radhika Ramaswamy sat for an exclusive chat with Thug Life actors Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan and composer AR Rahman ahead of the film's release. The film marks Kamal Haasan's collaboration with Mani Ratnam 38 years after their film Nayakan (1987). Asked how it feels to work with him after so many years, Kamal Haasan told NDTV, "It's a continuous collaboration. Doesn't matter if we are making films together or not. We are individually making films we had dreamt of."