Indian 2
Indian 2 is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language 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 ageing freedom fighter turned vigilante who fights against corruption and comprises of an ensemble supporting cast including Siddharth, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, S. J. Suryah, Bobby Simha, Vivek, and Priya Bhavani Shankar.
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Directed by | S. Shankar |
Screenplay by | S. Shankar B. Jeyamohan Kabilan Vairamuthu Lakshmi Saravana Kumar |
Story by | S. Shankar |
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Cinematography | Ravi Varman |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Music by | Anirudh Ravichander |
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Release date | 13 June 2024 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Budget | est. ₹250 crore |
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 at 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.
Indian 2 is scheduled for a worldwide theatrical release in June 2024.