Indian (film series)

Indian
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; Manisha Koirala; Urmila Matondkar; Sukanya; Nedumudi Venu; (Indian); Kamal Haasan; Siddharth; Kajal Aggarwal; Rakul Preet Singh; S. J. Suryah; (Indian 2 and Indian 3);
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); 24 January 2025; (Indian 3);
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹265–315 crore (3 films)
Box office	est. ₹89.50 crore (2 film)

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. The series stars Kamal Haasan in the titular role, alongside an ensemble cast. Set in different timelines, it follows Senapathy, an aging freedom fighter turned vigilante who fights against corruption, known as 'Indian Thatha'.

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 negative reviews from critics and film was poor because it was produced by the corrupt Udhayanidhi Stalin and using the movie as a propaganda tool for his party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. A direct sequel to Indian 2, Indian 3 is scheduled to release in 24 January 2025.

Films

Indian (1996)

An honest veteran, 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 (2024)

Senapathy, who disappeared from India for over two decades, returns to aid a young man who has been exposing corrupt politicians in the country through videos on the internet.

Indian 3 (2025)

Production

Cast and crew

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

List indicator(s)

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
Character	Indian (1996)	Indian 2 (2024)	Indian 3 (2025)
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
"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		Siddharth
Disha		Rakul Preet Singh
"Sakalakala Vallavan" Sarguna Pandian		S. J. Suryah
Pramod Krishnaswamy		Bobby Simha
Elango		Vivek
Aarthi Thangavel		Priya Bhavani Shankar
Ramana Reddy		Brahmanandam
Varadharajan		Samuthirakani
Nanjunda Moorthy		Manobala
Thambesh		Jagan
Kirubakaran		Vinod Sagar
Kishan Singh		Piyush Mishra
Madanlal Mehta		Akhilendra Mishra
Nilesh Krishnaa		Kalidas Jayaram
Krishna Mohan		Delhi Ganesh
Thambesh's sister		Deepa Shankar
Harish		Rishikanth
Amit Agarwal		Gulshan Grover
Darshan Bhai		Zakir Hussain
Balsingh		Sayaji Shinde
Sivagnanam		Ganja Karuppu
Thangavel		Thambi Ramaiah
Harish's uncle		Imman Annachi
Chokkalingam		G. Marimuthu
Amit's bodyguard		Yograj Singh
MLA Parisutham		Nagendra Babu
Nambiar		Five Star Krishna
Sugumaran		Uday Mahesh
Kanagalatha Thangavel		Renuka
Chitra Varadharajan		Kalyani Natarajan
Muthuraj		C. Ranganathan
Corrupt officer		Ravi Venkatraman
Police officer		Cheranraj
Demi-Leigh Tebow		Demi-Leigh Tebow^C
Veerasekaran Balram		Kamal Haasan^C	Kamal Haasan
Dhakshayini		Kajal Aggarwal^C	Kajal Aggarwal
TBA			Jayaprakash
TBA			George Maryan
Captain McKenzie			Benedict Garrett
Colonel Dudley			Jason Lambert
Langton			Mark Bennington

Crew

Occupation	Film
Occupation	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	B. Jeyamohan, Kabilan Vairamuthu, Lakshmi Saravana Kumar
Cinematography	Jeeva	Ravi Varman
Editor	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music	A. R. Rahman	Anirudh Ravichander

Release

Film	Release date	Budget	Box office revenue
Indian	9 May 1996	₹15 crore (US$4.23 million)	₹35 crore (US$9.88 million)
Indian 2	12 July 2024	₹250 crore (US$30 million) – ₹300 crore (US$36 million)	₹92.3 crore (US$11 million)
Indian 3	24 January 2025	₹250 crore (US$30 million) – ₹300 crore (US$36 million)
Total		₹265 crore (US$34 million) – ₹315 crore (US$40million)	₹127 crore (US$21 million)

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