Indra is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by debutant director Sabarish Nanda, starring Vasanth Ravi and Mehreen Pirzada in the lead roles, alongside Sunil, Anikha Surendran, Rajkumar, Sumesh Moor, and Kalyan.[1] The film is jointly produced by Jaffar Sadiq under his JSM Productions and Irfan Malik under his Emperor Entertainment banners.
Indra is a police inspector who gets suspended after driving with alcohol, and his eyesight also gets lost. He is in a long-time relationship with his girlfriend Kayal, and both get married. After their marriage, both of them never spoke with each other for a long time, and Indra finds that Kayal committed suicide. Determined to find the killer, Indra joins forces with his sub-inspector friend Sivanesh and Nagendra, a stern police inspector who doubts Indra’s methods.
In a parallel story, Abhimanyu, a serial killer, derives pleasure in killing various people, particularly women. One day he gets caught by the police after causing a ruckus in the bar involving fighting with the MLA’s relative. The constable gives Abhimanyu a hard time and continuously slaps him. The constable later lets Abhimanyu leave, but an angered Abhimanyu decides to get revenge and almost kills the constable until Indra comes to his rescue. Both Indra and Abhimanyu fight, and Abhimanyu gets captured by Nagendra.
Nagendra forces Abhimanyu to spill the beans, often using brutal methods. In a shocking revelation, Abhimanyu says that he killed 28 people so far, but Kayal was not one of them. Indra gets shocked and decides to find the real killer. After continuous hours of finding, he deduces the killer to be Badhra, a young Sri Lankan Tamil who works as a hospital warden.
A few months before, Badhra and Mathi, who worked as a maid for Indra’s house, were in a relationship. Badhra often visits Mathi. One day while Mathi was busy cleaning the dishes, an angered Indra knocks the door and shouts at Mathi. He then tells her to give him some alcohol. Mathi does so, but she mistakenly slips her hand, and the alcohol gets broken. An angered Indra slaps Mathi, which leads to her death. Indra felt so upset until his wife came. She gave him an idea to dispose the body, and Indra did so. An angered Badhra, who witnessed this in the rooftop of his house, decides to take revenge and make Indra's life miserable. Badhra kills Kayal by continuously suffocating her. After hearing this, an angered Indra and Badhra both engage in a fight, where Indra gains the upper hand and beats Badhra brutally. Later, Indra tells Badhra to kill him, but Badhra says that Indra needs to suffer and cannot be killed instantly.
After a few months, Indra starts a new life, while Badhra sees him from far, revealing that he will exact revenge later, and disappears. Nagendra tells Indra that he started the investigation for Mathi’s death and will catch the culprit soon, not knowing that Indra was the culprit.
Jailer (2023) fame Vasanth Ravi, who last appeared in Weapon (2024) announced his seventh project with debutant director Sabarish Nanda,[2] through a first-look poster that was released on 15 December 2023.[3] The film stars Mehreen Pirzada as the female lead, alongside Sunil, Anikha Surendran and Kalyan playing important roles.[4] The film is jointly produced by Jaffar Sadiq and Irfan Malik under JSM Productions and Emperor Entertainment banners, respectively.[5] The technical team consists of cinematographer Prabu Raghav, editor Praveen K. L., and music composer Ajmal Tahseen.[6]
Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "The film gets more interesting when it leans into this murkier "eye for an eye" logic, suggesting our protagonist is far from a hero. [...] Unfortunately, just when the tension should tighten, one of three out-of-place songs pops up to kill the mood. [...] A film that can't quite escape its own familiar traps."[10] Prashanth Vallavan of Cinema Express gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Indra has enough to keep you engaged but not enough to leave an impact. While it fails to identify the wealth of themes and psychological layers in its story, the film also resorts to stale genre conventions."[11] Anusha Sundar of OTT Play gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Indra doesn’t attempt to stand out unique in the plethora of crime thrillers that hit screens every week. With little efforts have gone into the writing, the subpar making and performances leave the film less enjoyable and intrigued."[12] Janani K of India Today gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "‘The story of director Sabarish Nanda’s ‘Indra’ isn’t anything new. This is how most films about serial killers operate. [...] Indra’ could have been a taut thriller had it indulged in the emotions instead of barely scratching the surface."[13]
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