Indian (1996 film)

Indian
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	S. Shankar
Screenplay by	S. Shankar
Dialogues by	Sujatha
Story by	S. Shankar
Produced by	A. M. Rathnam
Starring	Kamal Haasan Manisha Koirala Urmila Matondkar Sukanya
Cinematography	Jeeva
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Production company	Sri Surya Movies
Release date	9 May 1996 (1996-05-09)
Running time	185 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹15 crore[1]
Box office	₹64.25 crore[2]

Indian is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed by S. Shankar, who wrote the script with dialogues by Sujatha, and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film stars Kamal Haasan in a dual role, alongside Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Sukanya, Manorama, Goundamani, Senthil, Nedumudi Venu, Kasthuri, Nizhalgal Ravi and Ajay Rathnam. It is the first instalment in the Indian film series. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography and editing were handled by Jeeva and B. Lenin-V. T. Vijayan. In the film, Senapathy, a retired freedom fighter rebels against corruption in India, which puts him in conflict with his son Chandru, who lives by corruption.

Indian was released on 9 May 1996 worldwide and became the highest-grossing Tamil film upon release.^[3] It was selected by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1996, but was not nominated. The film won three National Film Awards, including Best Actor (Kamal Haasan), two South Filmfare Awards and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. It was partially reshot in Hindi as Hindustani with Manorama being replaced by Aruna Irani and released on August 23 of the same year. A sequel titled Indian 2 was released in 2024 and a third film is in production.