Indian 2

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Movie Details
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Genre | Action, Drama, Thriller |
Release date | July 12, 2024 |
Running time | 3hr |
Certificate | U/A |
Starring | Kamal Haasan, S. J. Suryah, Kajal Aggarwal, Siddharth, Rakul Preet Singh |
Directed by | S. Shankar |
Screenplay by | S. Shankar, B. Jeyamohan, Kabilan Vairamuthu, Lakshmi Saravana Kumar |
Story by | S. Shankar |
Produced by | Subaskaran Allirajah, Udhayanidhi Stalin |
Cinematography by | Ravi Varman |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Music by | Anirudh Ravichander |
Casting By | Ravi Ahuja, Vishal Anand, Mónica Cortés, Arjun Singh Kushwaha, Nalini Rathnam, Sonal Shrivastava |
Production Design by | Muthuraj |
Art Direction by | Muthuraj |
Costume Design by | Kumar Jitender |
Production Companies | Lyca Productions Red Giant Movies |
Distributor | Romeo Pictures |
Cast & Characters
- Kamal Haasan in a triple role as:
- Veerasekaran Senapathy “Indian”, an ex-INA agent turned vigilante
- Chandrabose Senapathy “Chandru”, Senapathy’s son (Archival footage from Indian)
- Veerasekaran Balram, a warrior man during the British Raj era, Senapathy’s father (Cameo from Indian 3)
- Siddharth as Chitra Aravindan Varadharajan
- Rakul Preet Singh as Disha, Chitra’s love interest
- Priya Bhavani Shankar as Aarthi Thangavel, Chitra’s friend
- Vivek as Elango, a CBI officer[d]
- S. J. Suryah as “Sakalakala Vallavan” Sarguna Pandian
- Samuthirakani as M. Varadharajan, Chitra’s father
- Bobby Simha as Pramod Krishnaswamy, a CBI officer, Krishnaswamy’s son
- Nedumudi Venu as Krishnaswamy, a retired CBI (voice-over by Nassar)
- Delhi Ganesh as V. Krishna Mohan, Aarthi’s neighbor
- Manobala as Nanjunda Moorthy, Thambesh’s uncle
- Thambi Ramaiah as Thangavel
Storyline
Senapathy is an ex-freedom fighter turned vigilante who fights against corruption. In this sequel to the 1996 film, Indin, Senapathy returns to India from Hong Kong to aid a young man who has been exposing corrupt politicians in the country through videos on the internet.
About Indian 2 Movie
Indian 2 is a Tamil vigilante action film directed by S. Shankar, who co-wrote the screenplay with B. Jeyamohan, Kabilan Vairamuthu, and Lakshmi Saravana Kumar. It is jointly produced by Subaskaran Allirajah’s Lyca Productions and Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Red Giant Movies.
The sequel to Indian (1996), Kamal Haasan reprises his role as Senapathy, an aging freedom fighter turned vigilante who fights against corruption and comprises an ensemble supporting cast including S. J. Suryah, Kajal Aggarwal, Siddharth, Rakul Preet Singh, Nedumudi Venu, Vivek, Kalidas Jayaram, Gulshan Grover, Samuthirakani, Bobby Simha, Brahmanandam, Zakir Hussain, Piyush Mishra, Guru Somasundaram, Delhi Ganesh, Jayaprakash, Manobala, and Ashwini Thangara.
It went on floors nearly 22 years after the original Indian (1996).
Indian 2 was officially announced in September 2017; principal photography began in January 2019 and took place in Chennai, Rajahmundry, Bhopal, and Gwalior. In February 2020, following an accident that killed some crew members, production was suspended owing to numerous factors, including legal issues surrounding the accident and the COVID-19 pandemic before resuming in August 2022, with Red Giant Movies joining as co-producers.
It was further shot in Tirupati, Chennai, and Vijayawada, while a few sequences were filmed in Johannesburg and Taiwan. Filming wrapped by March 2024. The technical crew comprised of Anirudh Ravichander, Ravi Varman, R. Rathnavelu, A. Sreekar Prasad, T. Muthuraj, and V. Srinivas Mohan, as the musician, cinematographer, editor, production designer and visual effects supervisor, respectively.
The film was theatrically released on 12 July 2024 and got very poor reviews from most critics.
In July 2023, it was announced that the film’s digital streaming rights were purchased by Netflix for a price of ₹200 crore (US$25 million). The satellite rights were acquired by Kalaignar TV.
The sequel, Indian 3, is scheduled for release in 2025. A glimpse of the film was showcased as a mid-credit scene in Indian 2, hinting at the continuation of the story.
Indian 2 Release Date
In April 2023, Udhayanidhi Stalin announced that the film was being planned for a theatrical release during summer (April–June 2024), as the film featured extensive visual effects and needed to be completed by the end of 2023. On 6 April 2024, the producers officially announced that the film would have a worldwide theatrical release in June 2024. However, it again got delayed and theatrically released on 12 July 2024.
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Budget & Box Office Collection
Budget | ₹250–300 crore |
Opening Day | ₹50 crore (US$5.8 million) |
Worldwide Collection | ₹151 crore |