Sun Pictures, June 11 -- Four decades after a boy named Hrithik Roshan shared the screen with Rajinikanth in Bhagwaan Dada, the two are set to meet again on a film set, this time as equals. The Bollywood star has been confirmed for a cameo in Jailer 2 and has locked his shooting dates, Variety India reported on Thursday in an exclusive that a dozen Indian outlets quickly followed.

the cameo slot was earlier in discussions with Shah Rukh Khan, and Roshan now steps into it. None of the principals has commented.

The reunion is the kind of trivia Indian cinema treasures. In the 1986 Hindi film Bhagwaan Dada, produced by his family and starring Rajinikanth in the title role, a young Hrithik appeared as a child actor years before his 2000 deb...