Indian Movie Details:
| Country | Country |
| Language | Tamil |
| Genre | Action, Drama |
| Release date | May 9, 1996 |
| Running time | 3hr 5min |
| Starring | Kamal Haasan Manisha Koirala Urmila Matondkar Sukanya |
| Directed by | S. Shankar |
| Screenplay by | S. Shankar |
| Story by | S. Shankar |
| Dialogues by | Sujatha |
| Produced by | A. M. Rathnam |
| Cinematography by | Jeeva |
| Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Production Company | Sri Surya Movies |
Indian Movie Cast & Characters:
- Kamal Haasan as Veerasekaran Senapathy / Indian and Chandrabose “Chandru”
- Manisha Koirala as Aishwarya (voice by Rohini)
- Urmila Matondkar as Sapna (voice by Bhanupriya)
- Sukanya as Amrithavalli
- Manorama as Kuppamma
- Aruna Irani as Gulabo Ram. Khilawan (Hindi version only)
- Goundamani as Subbaiah
- Senthil as Panneerselvam
- Nedumudi Venu as Inspector Krishnaswamy (voice by Nassar)
- Kasthuri as Kasturi Senapathy
- Nizhalgal Ravi as a corrupt doctor
- Ajay Rathnam as a freedom fighter
- Ponnambalam as “Kada” Kumar
- Bala Singh as Treasury department officer
- Chokkalinga Bhagavathar
- Omakuchi Narasimhan as a lorry driver
- Crazy Mohan as Parthasarathy
- Vikram Dharma
- Kovai Senthil (credited simply as Senthil)
- Mahanadi Shankar
- S. V. Venkatraman in a special appearance
Storyline:
A series of murders take place in Chennai the only common link is that all are government servants.Inspector Krishnaswamy investigating the case finds from the writings on crime site that the killer could be more then seventy years old.His investigation leads him Senapathy who was a revolutionary and part of Subhash Chandra Bose army.Chandu his son an RTO agent is tied between two women Aishwarya and Sapna he left his family due to principles of Senapathy.The motive behind the killings of Senapathy is to stop corruption and if time comes he won’t even spare Chandu.
About Indian Movie:
Indian is a Tamil vigilante action film co-written and directed by S. Shankar and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film stars Kamal Haasan in a dual role, alongside Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar and Sukanya. The music composed by A. R. Rahman, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Jeeva and B. Lenin-V. T. Vijayan. It revolves around a retired freedom fighter who rebels against corruption in India, especially bribery.
Indian was released on 9 May 1996 worldwide and became the highest-grossing Tamil film upon its release, beating the collections of Baashha until being surpassed by Padayappa.
The film was selected by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1996, but was not nominated. The film went on to win three National Film Awards including that of Best Actor for Haasan, while his performance also saw him win at the Filmfare Awards and the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
In September 2017, a sequel Indian 2 was announced jointly by Shankar and Haasan, with Dil Raju handling production. The following month, Raju left the film that Lyca Productions picked up. The film has Haasan reprising his role as Senapathy. Production began in January 2019 but progressed slowly for over four years.
