Reviewing the dubbed Hindi version, Devash Sharma of Filmfare gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "It's Kamal's film all the way and his screen presence and acting chops make you forget the haphazard screenplay.Read at source
Indian 2 2024 
Synopsis
Indian 2
Indian 2 is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed by 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.
- Director
- S. Shankar
- Studio
- Lyca Productions
- Run time
- 180 min
- Language
- Tamil
Reviews
10 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Indian 2 is 39/100 from 8 scored critic/publication reviews including Rotten Tomatoes.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 12 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
- writing
Watch points
- direction
Positive 5
Gopinath Rajendran of The Hindu wrote "More than #ComeBackIndian, we hope Indian 3 will be a comeback for the veteran filmmaker and the legendary actor."Read at source
Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times wrote "Indian 2 desperately tries to combine the old and the new, to present to us a story that'll be appealing to the younger audience.Read at source
Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in wrote "The aim is to be "pan-Indian".Read at source
Sakshi Verma of India TV gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "The movie struggles to be real and dramatic, even while it tries to deliver sincere sentiments.Read at source
Critical 5
Anusha Sundar of OTTPlay gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Indian 2 is a film that has Shankar's stamp visually all over.Read at source
Prakash of Deccan Chronicle gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Director Shankar used Senapathy to trigger the consciousness of youngsters and motivate them to fight corruption but falters in execution since four people is a bit too much since it sidelines Senapathy feats."Read at source
Janani K of India Today gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Indian 2 is weak in every aspect.Read at source
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 1/5 stars and wrote "Indian 2 is nothing but a three hour time suck, where I was bored out of my wits.Read at source
Titas Chowdhury of News18 gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Hindustani 2 is a great attempt but it loses itself in its own ambitions.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Paaraa Anirudh Ravichander, Shruthika Samudhrala
- Calendar Song SUVI, Aishwarya Suresh
- Neelorpam Abby V, Shruthika Samudhrala
- Zaga Zaga Anirudh Ravichander
- Come Back Indian Anirudh Ravichander
- Kadharalz Anirudh Ravichander
Technical specs
- Run time
- 180 min
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- S. Shankar
- Studio
- Lyca Productions
Trivia
- The project was announced in September 2017, with principal photography commencing in January 2019 and wrapping by March 2024 after occurring sporadically over five years.
- 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 film was released worldwide on 12 July 2024 in standard and IMAX formats.
- Due to its initial length of over six hours, the film was split into two parts, although the latter part titled Indian 3 has not been released as of 2026.
- The technical crew includes musician Anirudh Ravichander, cinematographers Ravi Varman and R. Rathnavelu, editor A. Sreekar Prasad, production designer T. Muthuraj and visual effects supervisor V. Srinivas Mohan.
