'Indian 2' and its Telugu version, 'Bharateeyudu 2', have a streaming date. Netflix will make the Shankar directorial available for streaming from August 9.
The sequel to the 1996 movie 'Bharateeyudu' was released in theatres on July 12. Produced by Subaskaran Allirajah and Udhayanidhi Stalin of Lyca Productions and Red Giant Movies, respectively, the film was a box-office disaster. It is going to be troll material upon its streamer release.
The Kamal Haasan-starrer features Siddharth as a vigilante citizen's journalist. The running time of the OTT version is going to be 2 hours 40 minutes.
What is the story about? Senapathy (Kamal Haasan) is pushing 100 in Japan, having run away from India after scaring the corrupt way back in 1996. In the present, he comes back to India following a viral online trend that seeks his help to reduce (if not eliminate) corruption in India. Once in the country, Senapathy starts executing the assassinations of individuals who have plundered the country. Meanwhile, he finds logistical and moral support from millions of youngsters led by a star YouTuber named Chitra Aravindhan (Siddharth). Just as everything looks normal, a tragedy strikes Chitra, changing the course of the anti-corruption mission.
