Indian 3

Indian 3 (also marketed as Indian 3: War Mode) is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language vigilante action thriller 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 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 SJ Suryah Kajal Aggarwal Siddharth
Cinematography	Ravi Varman
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Anirudh Ravichander
Production companies	Lyca Productions Red Giant Movies
Release date	2025 (2025)
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹150 crore[a]

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 17January 2019 and was shot sporadically over the next four years in Chennai, Rajahmundry, Bhopal, Gwalior, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Johannesburg and Taiwan. Before wrapping in 2 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,^[b] 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. 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) to Pramod's wife. Then, Senapathy plans to bring new changes in India along with Chitra and his friend's help. Senapathy goes to many parts of India to target corrupt officials. Then, he gets arrested and awarded with a death sentence. The whole India does protests to free Senapathy.

Cast

• Kamal Haasan in a double role as:
  • Veerasekaran Senapathy "Indian", an ex-INA agent turned vigilante
  • Veerasekaran Balram, a warrior man during the British Raj era
• Kajal Aggarwal as Dhakshayini, a warrior woman during the British Raj era
• Siddharth as Chitra Aravindhan Varadharajan
• S. J. Suryah as "Sakalakala Vallavan" Sarguna Pandian / Adolf Hitler
• Rakul Preet Singh as Disha (Voice by M. M. Manasi
• Priya Bhavani Shankar as Aarthi Thangavel
• 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
• 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
• George Maryan as a villager in the pre-independence era

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.^[1] 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.^[2] In October, Ananda Vikatan said around 80% of the footage had been shot for the sequel, and 25 days were needed to complete it.^[3] On 24 March 2024, Haasan confirmed the third instalment in the franchise; he stated that Indian 3 was shot alongside Indian 2.^[4] In July 2024, it was reported that Indian 3 was undergoing reshoots in response to the negative reviews of its predecessor.^[5]

Release

Initially the film was reported to have a direct-to-streaming release. However, Shankar denied these claims and it will be released in theatres.^[6] In an interview in January 2025, Shankar confirmed that the film is getting delayed due to unfinished production works and hoped to finish it within six months.^[7]

Notes

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2. Although Rathnavelu shot the film's preliminary portions, he was not credited in the promotional material