Kamal Haasan reprises his role as Senapathy, an aging freedom fighter turned vigilante who fights against corruption, with an ensemble cast including Siddharth, Rakul Preet Singh, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Vivek, S. J. Suryah, Samuthirakani, Bobby Simha, Nedumudi Venu, Delhi Ganesh, Manobala, Jagan, Kalidas Jayaram (in a cameo) and Gulshan Grover.

In the film, set years after the events in Indian, Senapathy returns from abroad to aid Chitra Aravindhan and his team, to deal with corruption in the country.

In 2020, an accident that killed some crew members, and the COVID-19 pandemic delayed filming for two years until Red Giant Movies entered as co-producers.

[11][12] The technical crew includes musician Anirudh Ravichander, cinematographers Ravi Varman and R. Rathnavelu,[c] editor A. Sreekar Prasad, production designer T. Muthuraj and visual effects supervisor V. Srinivas Mohan.

The film was compared unfavorably to the original, with critics highlighting the runtime, characterization, and the lack of emotional depth in the screenplay, while Kamal Haasan's performance received praise.

Chitra Aravindhan is an online media reporter who runs a YouTube channel called "Barking Dogs" along with his three friends Aarthi, Thambesh, and Harish, in Chennai.

However, when a young lady named Sunitha commits suicide by jumping, the team discovers that corrupt officials caused her death.

Nilesh, one of Chitra's friends, spots Senapathy in Taipei and discovers that he is running a martial arts school there, teaching Varma Kalai.

Senapathy urges his followers and the public in a facebook live to expose corrupt individuals in their respective states through peaceful means, inspired by Gandhi's principles, while he will uphold the ideals of Subhas Chandra Bose.

Senapathy also emotionally reveals that he tearfully and mournfully killed his son, Chandrabose alias Chandru, as he too was a part of the corruption in the country and accepted bribes.

However, after the fight, a mob (consisting of Thangavel, police, criminals, corrupt servants, people who believe he caused the death of Chitra's mother and those who support #GoBackIndian) attacks Senapathy without listening to his pleas.

In the post credits scene, Senapathy introduces his parents, Veerasekaran Balram and Dhakshayini, to his followers, who, like him, were also freedom fighters during the British Raj in the 1890s and he is planning to bring new changes in India along with Chitra's and his friend's help.

He would be reprising his role and S. Shankar would return to direct, with Sri Venkateswara Creations producing;[13][14] however the studio backed out the following month, reportedly due to increased production costs.

[15][16] The technical crew includes music composer Anirudh Ravichander,[17] cinematographer Ravi Varman, editor A. Sreekar Prasad and production designer T.

[25] The album was officially released on 1 June 2024, which coincided with a promotional event held at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, with the presence of the film's cast and crew and all the other celebrities.

It received unfavourable response from viewers, with particular criticism towards Haasan's makeup, Shankar's direction and the writing; some noted the absence of deceased writer Sujatha, whose contributions to the 1996 were instrumental in its success.

[29][30] Following a year, on 6 April 2024, the production houses officially announced that the film would theatrically release worldwide that June.

[31][32] However, after a month, the film was revealed to have been postponed to 12 July, due to a few unfinished post-production works and the makers not wanting to compromise on the quality.

[45] Goutam S of Pinkvilla gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Kamal Haasan starrer Indian 2 is still an entertaining film that suffers from quite some pros and cons.

"[46] Sakshi Verma of India TV gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "The movie struggles to be real and dramatic, even while it tries to deliver sincere sentiments.

M. Suganth of The Times of India gave 2/5 stars and wrote "The problem with Indian 2 is that it is filled with writing that lacks nuance and characters who are caricatures.

"[51] Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times wrote "Indian 2 desperately tries to combine the old and the new, to present to us a story that’ll be appealing to the younger audience.

"[52] Gopinath Rajendran of The Hindu wrote "More than #ComeBackIndian, we hope Indian 3 will be a comeback for the veteran filmmaker [Shankar] and the legendary actor [Kamal Haasan].

"[53] Reviewing the dubbed Hindi version, Devash Sharma of Filmfare gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "It's Kamal’s film all the way and his screen presence and acting chops make you forget the haphazard screenplay.

The result is a bloated, brutish film that rejects non-violent solutions to corruption (“elections do not represent change but an exchange).

"[56] Reviewing the dubbed Telugu version, Banda Kalyan of Samayam gave 2.5/5 and wrote "Technically Indian 2 is good.

Aasan Rajendran, the head teacher of 'Varma kalai', had claimed that he trained Haasan for the first film, and mentioned in his complaint that his techniques was used in the sequel as well.

[65] At the launch of the trailer of Indian 2, Shankar stated that the split was done because he was impressed with all that was shot and cutting the film to a shorter length would affect its quality.