BioGraph
Connecting Mammootty and Donald Glover
Shah Rukh Khan
Indian actor, producer and television personality
Khan performed alongside Sunidhi Chauhan and Shriya Saran at the opening ceremony of the IPL 2011 season, where they danced to Tamil songs.
Sunidhi Chauhan
Chauhan represented India at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival in New York City, where she performed on the stage alongside Coldplay, Pearl Jam, Beyoncé and others.
Chauhan has also been influenced by many artists outside the country like Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston.
Beyoncé
Beyoncé is featured on the film's soundtrack, released on July 11, 2019, with a remake of the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" alongside Donald Glover, Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen, which was originally composed by Elton John.
Mammootty
Indian actor and film producer
He has acted in Tamil films for directors including K. Balachander's (''Azhagan''), Mani Ratnam's (''Thalapathy''), Fazil's (''Kilippechu Kekkavaa''), N. Linguswamy's (''Aanandham''), R. K. Selvamani's (''Makkal Aatchi''), Marumalarchi Bharathi's (''Marumalarchi'') and ''Ethirum Puthirum'' and Rajiv Menon (''Kandukondain Kandukondain'') (2000).
Rajiv Menon
Indian filmmaker (born 1963)
During the period, Menon notably turned down the opportunity to work with M. Night Shyamalan on his directorial debut, ''Praying with Anger'' (1992), and on the chance to work as the lead actor in Mani Ratnam's romantic drama, ''Roja'' (1992).
M. Night Shyamalan
In 2013, Shyamalan directed the film '' After Earth'', based on a script by Gary Whitta and starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith.
Mammootty
Indian actor and film producer
He has acted in Tamil films for directors including K. Balachander's (''Azhagan''), Mani Ratnam's (''Thalapathy''), Fazil's (''Kilippechu Kekkavaa''), N. Linguswamy's (''Aanandham''), R. K. Selvamani's (''Makkal Aatchi''), Marumalarchi Bharathi's (''Marumalarchi'') and ''Ethirum Puthirum'' and Rajiv Menon (''Kandukondain Kandukondain'') (2000).
Mani Ratnam
Indian film director
After ''Kattru Veliyadai'', Ratnam's next film was the crime thriller '' Chekka Chivantha Vaanam'', starring Arvind Swami, Silambarasan, Arun Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi as the lead actors, while Jyothika, Aishwarya Rajesh, Aditi Rao Hydari and Dayana Erappa, Prakash Raj, Thiagarajan, and Mansoor Ali Khan rounded out the supporting cast.
Silambarasan
Indian actor, director, writer, composer, dancer, lyricist and playback singer
After releasing a promotional version of "The Love Anthem" song in 2011, Silambarasan announced that a final version would be released thereafter and announced his desire to bring in international artists Akon and Rihanna for the venture.
Rajendar noted that the sound editor Ramji Soma and a Canadian entrepreneur Talvinder Bathh had charged Rs 12 million ($200,000) from his company and failed to return it despite promises made to sign on Akon, David Guetta and either Rihanna or Nicole Scherzinger for the project.
Rihanna
In August 2018, it had been reported that Rihanna had been filming a secret project in Cuba titled ''Guava Island'' throughout that summer alongside Donald Glover. Glover's ''Atlanta'' collaborator Hiro Murai was directing, with Letitia Wright and Nonso Anozie also involved.
Christopher Walken
American actor (born 1943)
In 2016, he voiced King Louie in the CGI-live action adaptation of Disney's ''The Jungle Book'', directed by Jon Favreau.
Jon Favreau
American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)
In the same year, it was reported that Favreau would direct a CGI adaptation of Disney's '' The Lion King'', marking his first time directing a musical. Donald Glover voiced Simba, and James Earl Jones reprised his role as Mufasa from the original film. The film was released in July 2019.
