Indian 2

Indian 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byS. Shankar
Written byS. Shankar
Dialogues byB. Jeyamohan
Kabilan Vairamuthu
Lakshmi Saravana Kumar
Screenplay byS. Shankar
Story byS. Shankar
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRavi Varman
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byAnirudh Ravichander
Production
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Distributed bysee below
Release date
  • 12 July 2024 (2024-07-12)
Running time
160 minutes[a]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹150–300 crore[b]
Box officeest. ₹180–200 crore[10][11]

Indian 2 (also marketed as Indian 2: Zero Tolerance) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action thriller film directed by S. Shankar, who co-wrote the script with B. Jeyamohan, Kabilan Vairamuthu and Lakshmi Saravana Kumar. The film is jointly produced by Lyca Productions and Red Giant Movies. It is the second instalment in the Indian trilogy and sequel to Indian (1996). Kamal Haasan reprises his role as Senapathy, an ageing freedom fighter turned vigilante who fights against corruption, with an ensemble cast including Siddharth, S. J. Suryah, Rakul Preet Singh, Kajal Aggarwal, Vivek, Bobby Simha, Nedumudi Venu, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Brahmanandam, Gulshan Grover, Kalidas Jayaram, Jagan, Manobala, Samuthirakani and Delhi Ganesh. In the film, following years after the events in Indian, Senapathy returns from abroad to aid Chitra Aravindhan and his team, to deal with corrupt in the country.

The project was announced in September 2017. Sri Venkateswara Creations was initially on board, but opted out a month later. Lyca entered the production thereafter. Principal photography commenced in January 2019, and occurred sporadically over five years, before wrapping by March 2024. In 2020, an accident that killed some crew members, and the COVID-19 pandemic delayed filming for two years until Red Giant Movies entered as co-producers. The technical crew includes musician Anirudh Ravichander, cinematographers Ravi Varman and R. Rathnavelu,[c] editor A. Sreekar Prasad, production designer T. Muthuraj and visual effects supervisor V. Srinivas Mohan.

Indian 2 was released worldwide on 12 July 2024 in standard and IMAX formats to mixed to negative reviews from critics, who compared it unfavourably to its predecessor, criticising the writing as outdated and lacking emotional depth, while Haasan's performance received praise. Due to its final length of over six hours, the film was split into two parts with the latter part Indian 3 currently being scheduled to release in 2025.

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