The next instalment in the Indian franchise, Indian 3, has been confirmed by the makers. Kamal Haasan will return to headline the upcoming instalment, which is written and directed by Shankar.
The franchise began with the 1996 film, Indian, which featured Kamal Haasan as a martial arts practitioner and freedom fighter Senapathy, who resorts to vigilante to root out corruption. This brings him to confront his son Chandru (Kamal Haasan), who is corrupt himself. The sequel, Indian 2 (2024), saw Senapathy return to fight corruption once again, this time more potent.
The story of Indian 3 was teased in the end of Indian 2 (2024). The upcoming film is set to follow the story of Senapathy's father Veerasekaran Balram (Kamal Haasan), a freedom fighter himself. The makers have also confirmed that post-production on the upcoming film has begun.
Siddharth, Kajal Aggarwal, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Bobby Simha, and SJ Suryah, have been confirmed to return for Indian 3. They will be reprising their roles from Indian 2 (2024).
The crew of Indian 3 includes composer Anirudh, cinematographer Ravi Varman, and production designer Muthuraj Thangavel.
Subaskaran and GKM Tamil Kumaran are producing Indian 3 under the Lyca Productions banner.
Beyond Indian 3, Kamal Haasan will collaborate with Chiththa-fame SU Arunkumar for a new film.