Indian (film series)

Indian
Official Logo from Indian
Directed by	S. Shankar
Written by	S. Shankar Sujatha (dialogues) (Indian) S. Shankar B. Jeyamohan (dialogues) Kabilan Vairamuthu (dialogues) Lakshmi Saravana Kumar (dialogues) (Indian 2 and Indian 3)
Produced by	A. M. Rathnam (Indian) Subaskaran Allirajah Udhayanidhi Stalin (Indian 2 and Indian 3)
Starring	Kamal Haasan Nedumudi Venu
Cinematography	Jeeva (Indian) Ravi Varman (Indian 2 and Indian 3)
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan (Indian) A. Sreekar Prasad (Indian 2 and Indian 3)
Music by	A. R. Rahman (Indian) Anirudh Ravichander (Indian 2 and Indian 3)
Production companies	Sri Surya Movies (Indian) Lyca Productions Red Giant Movies (Indian 2 and Indian 3)
Release dates	9 May 1996 (Indian) 12 July 2024 (Indian 2) TBA (Indian 3)
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹465 crores (3 films)
Box office	est.₹185.25 crores (2 films)

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".

The first installment, Indian, was released worldwide on 9 May 1996 to positive reviews - subsequently becoming one of the highest grossing Tamil films. The sequel Indian 2 was released on 12 July 2024, and received highly negative reviews. A direct sequel to Indian 2, Indian 3 release to be announced soon.

Films

Indian (1996)

Main article: Indian (1996 film)

Senapathy, an 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. Senapathy's revolution brings him into conflict with his son, Chandrabose Senapathy, a bureaucrat who lives by corruption.

Indian 2 : Zero Tolerance (2024)

Main article: Indian 2

Senapathy, 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 (TBA)

Main article: Indian 3

Senapathy introduces his parents, Veerasekaran Balram and Dhakshayini, to his followers, who like him, who were freedom fighters in the British India in the 1890s.

Production

Main article: Indian (1996 film) § Production

Main article: Production of Indian 2 and Indian 3

Cast and crew

This table lists the main characters who appear in the Indian Franchise.

List indicators

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in Indian film series.

• An empty 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 (TBA)
Veerasekaran Senapathy "Indian"	Kamal Haasan
Chandrabose Senapathy "Chandru"	Kamal Haasan	Kamal Haasan A
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 Sobti C
TBA	S. V. Venkatraman C
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
Varadharajan		Samuthirakani
Thambesh		Jagan
Madanlal Mehta		Akhilendra Mishra
Harish		Rishikanth
Nilesh Krishnaa		Kalidas Jayaram
Kirubakaran		Vinod Sagar
Nanjunda Moorthy		Manobala
Krishna Mohan		Delhi Ganesh
Thambesh's sister		Deepa Shankar
Amit Agarwal		Gulshan Grover
Darshan Bhai		Zakir Hussain
Kishan Singh		Piyush Mishra
Thangavel		Thambi Ramaiah
Harish's uncle		Imman Annachi
Chokkalingam		G. Marimuthu
Amit's bodyguard		Yograj Singh
Kanagalatha Thangavel		Renuka
Chitra Varadharajan		Kalyani Natarajan
Muthuraj		C. Ranganathan
K Kathiravel		Ravi Venkatraman
Police officer		Cheranraj
Model		Demi-Leigh Tebow C
Veerasekaran Balram		Kamal Haasan C	Kamal Haasan
Dhakshayini		Kajal Aggarwal C	Kajal Aggarwal
Captain McKenzie			Benedict Garrett
Colonel Dudley			Jason Lambert
Langton			Mark Bennington
British Army Officer			Nikolai Musalkov
Villager in pre–independence era			George Maryan

Crew

Occupation	Film
	Indian (1996)	Indian 2 (2024) and Indian 3 (TBA)
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 reception

Box office

Each film is linked to the "Box office" section of its article.

Film	Release date	Budget	Box office revenue	Ref
Indian	9 May 1996	₹15 crore (US$4.23 million)	₹64.25 crore (US$18.13 million)	[4] [5]
Indian 2	12 July 2024	₹250 crore (US$30 million)–₹300 crore (US$35 million)	₹151 crore (US$18 million)	[6] [7]
Indian 3	TBA
Total		₹265 crore (US$31 million)–₹315 crore (US$37 million)	₹215.25 crore (US$25 million)

Critical reception

Each film is linked to the "Critical response" section of its article.

Film	Rotten Tomatoes
Indian	N/A (1 reviews) [8]
Indian 2	15% (4/10 average rating) (13 reviews) [9]

References

1. "Indian 2 - An Intro | Kamal Haasan | Shankar | Anirudh | Subaskaran | Lyca | Red Giant". Sony Music South. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024– via YouTube.
2. Srinivasan, Latha (12 July 2024). "Indian 2 movie review: Kamal Haasan's film is visually striking, but filled with political sermons". The Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
3. "Indian 3' to be out 6 months after 'Indian 2' release; Kamal Hasaan and Shankar reveals". Times of India . 19 May 2024. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
4. Jogani, Rishil (10 July 2024). "Box Office Throwback: Revisiting Kamal Haasan and Shankar's All Time Blockbuster 1996 release, INDIAN". Pinkvilla . Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
5. "Zero And KGF (Hindi) Third Week Update". Box Office India . 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
6. Singh, Jatinder (13 August 2024). "Indian 2 worldwide closing box office collections: Kamal Haasan, Shankar film is a colocolossal DISASTER". Pinkvilla . Retrieved 16 August 2024.
7. "Indian 2 Day 1 Box Office India: Kamal Haasan and Shankar's film takes an ordinary start; Grosses Rs 30 crore". PINKVILLA. 12 July 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
8. "Indian (1996) | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
9. "Indian 2 | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

External links

• Indian at IMDb
• Indian 2 at IMDb
• Indian 3 at IMDb