Indian 3

Indian 3
Directed by	S. Shankar
Written by	S. Shankar
Dialogues by	B. Jeyamohan Kabilan Vairamuthu Lakshmi Saravana Kumar
Screenplay by	S. Shankar
Story by	S. Shankar
Produced by	Subaskaran Allirajah Udhayanidhi Stalin
Starring	Kamal Haasan
Cinematography	Ravi Varman
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Anirudh Ravichander
Production companies	Lyca Productions Red Giant Movies
Distributed by	Netflix
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹250 - 300 crores

Indian 3 (also marketed as Indian 3: War Mode) is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed by S. Shankar, who co-wrote the script with B. Jeyamohan, Kabilan Vairamuthu and Lakshmi Saravana Kumar. The film was jointly produced by Lyca Productions and Red Giant Movies. It is the third instalment in the Indian film series and the direct sequel to Indian 2 (2024).

Indian 2 was initially intended to be a single film; however, due to the final footage becoming over six hours long, the team later split it into two parts. Principal photography commenced in January 2019 and was shot sporadically over the next four years in Chennai, Rajahmundry, Bhopal, Gwalior, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Johannesburg and Taiwan. Before wrapping in March 2024, a suspension made by an accident that killed some crew members and delay by the COVID-19 pandemic were made. The technical crew includes music composer by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography handled by Ravi Varman and R. Rathnavelu, editing by A. Sreekar Prasad, production design by T. Muthuraj and visual effects supervision by V. Srinivas Mohan.

Premise

After escaping from the police, Senapathy treats Pramod after paralysing him then. He then goes to the barking dogs house. There, he introduces his parents, Veerasekaran Balram and Dhakshayini, who were freedom fighters during the British Raj era in the 1890s. After that, Senapathy goes to many parts of India to target corrupt officials. Then he gets arrested and the whole India does protests to free Senapathy.

Cast

• Kamal Haasan in a dual role as:
  • Veerasekaran Senapathy "Indian", an ex-INA agent turned vigilante and Veerasekaran's son
  • Veerasekaran Balram, a warrior man during the British Raj era and Senapathy's father
• Siddharth as Chitra Aravindan
• S. J. Suryah as "Sakalakala Vallavan" Sarguna Pandian
• Kajal Aggarwal as Dhakshayini; a warrior woman during the British Raj era, Veerasekaran's wife and Senapathy's mother
• Rakul Preet Singh as Disha, Chitra's girlfriend
• Priya Bhavani Shankar as Aarthi Thangavel, Chitra's friend
• Bobby Simha as Pramod Krishnaswamy
• Vivek as Elango, a CBI officer (posthumous film; Kovai Babu as the body double in some scenes)
• Samuthirakani as M.Varadharajan, Chitra's father
• Nedumudi Venu as Retired CBI officer Krishnaswamy (posthumous film; Nandu Poduval as the body double in some scenes; voice over by Nassar)
• Jagan as Thambesh
• Akhilendra Mishra as Madanlal Mehta
• Brahmanandam as Ramana Reddy
• Mark Bennington as Langton
• Benedict Garrett as Captain McKenzie
• Jason Lambert as Colonel Dudley
• Nikolai Musalkov as a British Army Officer
• Rishikanth as Harish, Chitra's friend

Production

Main article: Production of Indian 2 and Indian 3

Although Indian 2 was conceived as a single film during production, in June 2023, co-producer Udhayanidhi Stalin, header of Red Giant Movies, stated that they had discussed plans for a sequel to the film. The following month, it was reported that the film would be split into two parts, as the final footage was over six hours long; the latter titled Indian 3, was being shot simultaneously. In October, Ananda Vikatan said around 80% of the footage had been shot for the sequel, and 25 days were needed to complete it. On 24 March 2024, Haasan confirmed the third instalment in the franchise; he stated that Indian 3 was shot alongside Indian 2.

Release

The film is scheduled to release in January 2025. Initially, it was planned for a theatrical release. But it will stream worldwide on Netflix.