Indian

Directed by: S. Shankar

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An elderly freedom fighter returns to take violent action against corruption in India. His own son, who profits from the same corruption, becomes his adversary.

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What happens

Indian is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed by Shankar and produced by Sri Surya Movies. The film stars Kamal Haasan in dual roles as a retired vigilante who seeks to eradicate corruption in India, and his son who lives by corruption. Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Sukanya, Manorama, Goundamani, Senthil, Nedumudi Venu, Kasthuri, Nizhalgal Ravi and Ajay Rathnam appear in pivotal roles. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography and editing were handled by Jeeva and B. Lenin-V. T. Vijayan. Indian was released on 9 May 1996 and became the highest-grossing Tamil film upon release. It also helped popularise varma kalai, the martial art practised by the title character. 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. It won three National Film Awards, including Best Actor (Haasan), two South Filmfare Awards and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. It was partially reshot in Hindi as Hindustani with Manorama being replaced by Aruna Irani and released on 23 August 1996. A sequel titled Indian 2 was released in 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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