Lyca Productions is Tamil cinema's only mega-budget studio capable of funding ₹500+ Cr productions. Founder Subaskaran Allirajah's UK telecom fortune (Lyca Mobile, Europe's largest MVNO) means Lyca operates with capital that no other Tamil studio can match. 2.0 (Shankar's Rajinikanth sequel) was made on a ₹550 Cr budget — the highest single-film budget in Tamil cinema history. Ponniyin Selvan I + II combined ₹400+ Cr budget for Mani Ratnam's Kalki Krishnamurthy adaptation. Indian 2 (Kamal Haasan, 2024) at ₹160 Cr WW underperformed but Indian 3 is in production. Co-producing Jana Nayagan with Sun Pictures — Vijay's farewell film, Diwali 2026 release, the highest-stakes Tamil release of the year.