Indian 2: Zero Tolerance

Indian 2: Zero Tolerance (2024)

இந்தியன் II: Zero Tolerance

Older. Wiser. Deadlier.

As corruption becomes rampant in the country, a group of idealistic youngsters attract attention of freedom fighter-turned-vigilante Senapathy through social media, who returns to his homeland to finish what he started.

Date of release
2024-07-12
TMDB
3.0 / 10 (36)
Runtime
2h 58m
Genres
Drama, Action, Thriller
Director
Shankar
Collection
Indian Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Vijayawada

Indian 2: Zero Tolerance is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed by Shankar, who co-wrote the script with B. Jeyamohan, Kabilan Vairamuthu and Lakshmi Saravanakumar. The film is jointly produced by Lyca Productions and Red Giant Movies. It is a sequel to Indian (1996). Kamal Haasan reprises his role as Senapathy, an aging freedom fighter turned vigilante who fights against corruption. The film includes an ensemble cast, with Siddharth, S. J. Suryah, Rakul Preet Singh, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Vivek, Samuthirakani, Bobby Simha, Nedumudi Venu, Delhi Ganesh, Manobala, Jagan, and Gulshan Grover. Kajal Aggarwal and Kalidas Jayaram also appear in cameo roles.

Production

During the production of Indian (1996), its lead actor Kamal Haasan asked the director S. Shankar to make a sequel, but Shankar did not have a concrete story idea then. In September 2011, Shankar said many people asked him to make a sequel following Anna Hazare's anti-corruption crusade, and A. M. Rathnam, producer of the 1996 film, urged him to do so.

In October 2017, Raju backed out, reportedly due to increased production costs. Shortly thereafter, Allirajah Subaskaran, head of Lyca Productions, took over as the film's producer. The project marks the reunion of Shankar with Haasan after a hiatus of 24 years. The director chose Anirudh Ravichander to score the music, marking their first collaboration, rather than his regular collaborator A. R.

Despite several proposed announcements of starting dates, the film's shoot was delayed throughout 2018 owing to Shankar's commitments with 2.0, which also faced significant production delays. Haasan also decided to use the time to release his long-delayed Vishwaroopam II (2018) and commit to his political career.

In December 2018, Kajal Aggarwal was announced as the lead actress. For her role, Aggarwal learnt the basics of the Indian martial arts form Kalaripayattu. Initially Sivakarthikeyan was considered to play Siddharth's character in the film but declined the role due to his prior commitments. Ajay Devgn agreed to play the antagonist in the film, but production delays meant that he could not commit.

Vidyut Jammwal said he was approached to act in the film but declined due to scheduling conflicts. Rakul Preet Singh also joined the film to star opposite the character played by Siddharth. Aishwarya Rajesh initially agreed to act in the film, but opted out due to call sheet issues; she was replaced by Priya Bhavani Shankar.

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