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Indian is an Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film series created by S. Shankar and produced by Sri Surya Movies, Lyca Productions and Red Giant Movies.[1] The series stars Kamal Haasan in the titular role, alongside an ensemble cast.[2][3] Set in different timelines, it follows Senapathy, an aging freedom fighter turned vigilante who fights against corruption, known as 'Indian Thatha'.
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| Directed by | S. Shankar |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹6.15 billion (3 films) |
| Box office | est. ₹2.1525 billion (2 films) |
The first installment, Indian, was released worldwide on 9 May 1996 to positive reviews from critics and became one of the highest grossing Tamil films upon release. The sequel Indian 2 released on 12 July 2024 to completely Panned by critics. A direct sequel to Indian 2, Indian 3 is scheduled to release in 24 January 2025.
Films
editIndian (1996)
editSenapathy, a honest veteran Indian freedom fighter and the member of INA led by Subhas Chandra Bose, having served in the Indian Army, decides to teach corrupt officials a lesson. He targets officials, ministers, and bureaucrats to make them work diligently without accepting bribes.
Indian 2 : Zero Tolerance (2024)
editSenapathy, who disappeared from India for over two decades, returns from Taipei to aid a young man Chitra Aravindan who has been exposing corrupt politicians in the country through videos on the internet.
Indian 3 : War Mode (2025)
editSenapathy introduces his parents, Veerasekaran Balram and Dhakshayini, to his followers, who likes him, who were freedom fighters during the British Raj in the 1890s.
Production
editCast and crew
editThis table lists the main characters who appear in the Indian Franchise.
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in Indian film series.
- An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
- A indicates an appearance through archival footage or audio.
- C indicates a cameo role.
- V indicates a voice-only role.
- Y indicates a younger version of the character.
| Character | Films | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian (1996) | Indian 2 (2024) | Indian 3 (2025) | |
| Veerasekaran Senapathy "Indian" | Kamal Haasan | ||
| Chandrabose Senapathy "Chandru" | Kamal Haasan | ||
| Aishwarya | Manisha Koirala | ||
| Sapna | Urmila Matondkar | ||
| Amrithavalli | Sukanya | ||
| Kuppamma | Manorama | ||
| Subbaiah | Goundamani | ||
| Panneerselvam | Senthil | ||
| Krishnaswamy IPS | Nedumudi Venu | ||
| Kasturi Senapathy | Kasthuri | ||
| Corrupt doctor | Nizhalgal Ravi | ||
| Freedom fighter | Ajay Rathnam | ||
| Kondithoppu "Kada" Kumar | Ponnambalam | ||
| Treasury department officer | Bala Singh | ||
| TBA | Chokkalinga Bhagavathar | ||
| Lorry driver | Omakuchi Narasimhan | ||
| Parthasarathy | Crazy Mohan | ||
| TBA | Vikram Dharma | ||
| Customer | Kovai Senthil | ||
| TBA | Mahanadhi Shankar | ||
| Dancer | Praveen Kumar SobtiC | ||
| TBA | S. V. VenkatramanC | ||
| Chitra Aravindhan Varadharajan | Siddharth | ||
| "Sakalakala Vallavan" Sarguna Pandian | S. J. Suryah | ||
| Disha | Rakul Preet Singh | ||
| Aarthi Thangavel | Priya Bhavani Shankar | ||
| Pramod Krishnaswamy | Bobby Simha | ||
| Elango | Vivek | ||
| Ramana Reddy | Brahmanandam | ||
| Varadharajan | Samuthirakani | ||
| Thambesh | Jagan | ||
| Madanlal Mehta | Akhilendra Mishra | ||
| Harish | Rishikanth | ||
| Nilesh Krishnaa | Kalidas Jayaram | ||
| Kirubakaran | Vinod Sagar | ||
| MLA Parisutham | Nagendra Babu | ||
| Nanjunda Moorthy | Manobala | ||
| Krishna Mohan | Delhi Ganesh | ||
| Thambesh's sister | Deepa Shankar | ||
| Amit Agarwal | Gulshan Grover | ||
| Darshan Bhai | Zakir Hussain | ||
| Kishan Singh | Piyush Mishra | ||
| Balsingh | Sayaji Shinde | ||
| Sivagnanam | Ganja Karuppu | ||
| Thangavel | Thambi Ramaiah | ||
| Harish's uncle | Imman Annachi | ||
| Chokkalingam | G. Marimuthu | ||
| Amit's bodyguard | Yograj Singh | ||
| Nambiar | Five Star Krishna | ||
| Sugumaran | Uday Mahesh | ||
| Kanagalatha Thangavel | Renuka | ||
| Chitra Varadharajan | Kalyani Natarajan | ||
| Muthuraj | C. Ranganathan | ||
| K Kathiravel | Ravi Venkatraman | ||
| Police officer | Cheranraj | ||
| Model | Demi-Leigh TebowC | ||
| Veerasekaran Balram | Kamal Haasan | ||
| Dhakshayini | Kajal Aggarwal | ||
| Captain McKenzie | Benedict Garrett | ||
| Colonel Dudley | Jason Lambert | ||
| Langton | Mark Bennington | ||
| British Army Officer | Nikolai Musalkov | ||
Crew
edit| Occupation | Film | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian (1996) | Indian 2 (2024) and Indian 3 (2025) | |
| Director | S. Shankar | |
| Producer | A. M. Rathnam | Subaskaran Allirajah, Udhayanidhi Stalin |
| Writer | S. Shankar | |
| Dialogues | Sujatha | S. Shankar, B. Jeyamohan, Kabilan Vairamuthu, Lakshmi Saravana Kumar |
| Cinematography | Jeeva | Ravi Varman, R. Rathnavelu |
| Editor | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music | A. R. Rahman | Anirudh Ravichander |
| Art | Thotta Tharani | T. Muthuraj |
| Lyrics | Vaali, Vairamuthu | Pa. Vijay, Thamarai, Kabilan Vairamuthu, Arivu, Rokesh |
| Stunt | Vikram Dharma | Anbariv, Peter Hein, Anal Arasu, Stunt Silva, EK Thyagarajan, Ramazan Bulut |
| Choreography | Raju Sundaram, Saroj Khan | Baba Bhaskar, Bosco-Caesar |
| Costume Design | Sarika, Manish Malhotra | Amritha Ram, Pallavi Singh, Rocky, Gavin Miguel, S. B. Satheesan, V. Sai |
| Production Company | Sri Surya Movies | Lyca Productions, Red Giant Movies |
Release and revenue
edit| Film | Release date | Budget | Box office revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian | 9 May 1996 | ₹20 crore (US$5.65 million) | ₹65 crore (US$18.35 million) | |
| Indian 2 | 12 July 2024 | ₹350 crore (US$42 million) | ₹151 crore (US$18 million) | |
| Indian 3 | 23 January 2025 | |||
| Total | ₹370 crore (US$34 million) |
₹216 crore (US$24 million) | ||
References
edit- ^ "Indian 2 - An Intro | Kamal Haasan | Shankar | Anirudh | Subaskaran | Lyca | Red Giant". Sony Music South. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ Srinivasan, Latha (12 July 2024). "Indian 2 movie review: Kamal Haasan's film is visually striking, but filled with political sermons". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Indian 3' to be out 6 months after 'Indian 2' release; Kamal Hasaan and Shankar reveals". Times of India. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.