On Sunday, Kamal Haasan took to his official X account to announce that his upcoming film with director Shankar, Indian 2, will hit theatres on July 12. Further, he also announced that the first single from the film will be unveiled this Wednesday, May 22. 

A sequel to the 1996 film Indian, Indian 2 follows the return of Senapathy, a freedom fighter-turned-vigilante, who hunts down corrupt people, whom he believes are misusing the freedom he fought for. The film was announced in 2017 and went through numerous production delays.

The ensemble cast includes Kajal Aggarwal, Sj Suryah, Siddharth, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Rakul Preet Singh, Bobby Simha, Nedumudi Venu, Vivek, Kalidas Jayaram, Gulshan Grover, and Samuthirakani, among others.

Cinematographer Ravi Varman, editor Sreekar Prasad and music director Anirudh are part of Indian 2's technical crew which is backed by Subaskaran under the banner of Lyca Productions.