Indian 2 on OTT: Where to stream Kamal Haasan's vigilante drama post-theatrical run

Indian 2 was one of the most-awaited theatrical releases in 2024, starring Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan in the lead role. It arrived in cinemas on Friday.

The streaming rights for Indian 2 lie with Netflix, with the filmmakers securing a pre-release deal with the streaming giant. Typically, films with such agreements debut on Netflix within about four weeks of their theatrical release, irrespective of box office performance. For instance, Thalapathy Vijay's Leo was still in theatres when it debuted on Netflix just over four weeks after its theatrical release.

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Netflix also holds rights to all versions of Indian 2, including the Telugu version titled Bharateeyudu 2 and the Hindi version Hindustani 2.

In Indian 2, Kamal Haasan reprises his role as Indian Thatha, a crusader against corruption. The film sees Indian Thatha wielding his iconic British-era knife to target and eliminate those fostering corruption. Writer-director Shankar took approximately 28 years to create a sequel to Indian, a landmark film in Indian cinema history.

Indian 2 has opened to mixed reviews, with many critics noting that it fails to match the storytelling and entertainment quality of its predecessor.

According to a 2-star review from Desimartini, "Shankar clearly had no clue how to stage that scene or what he wanted to achieve with it. The scene is so bad that it makes Kamal Haasan look like an amateurish actor in bad makeup. That's only the beginning of a series of such directionless and purposeless scenes. There are glaring logical issues, a lack of emotional depth, and a visible desperation to evoke audience sympathy. It sullies our experience and memory of one of the landmark movies in Indian cinema, Indian (1996)."

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