Shankar’s ‘Indian 2’ has a solid premise that’s undone by vague, unfocused, uninteresting execution

The film stars Kamal Haasan, Siddharth, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Bobby Simha. The screenplay is flat, and we are forced to endure generic lectures about corruption.

In 1987, in Nayakan, Kamal Haasan played a character that believed in extrajudicial killings. Whether he did these killings himself or delegated them to his henchmen is another matter. The fact is that he did not believe in the law; he believed that he was the law. But his daughter, and the film, raised this question: Who are you to decide right and wrong? Who are you to punish people? Cut to 1996, and we get Kamal Haasan in Indian, once again as a character that believes in extrajudicial killings, or vigilante justice. Only, now, he is celebrated for these murders, which he does all by himself. The film is not concerned whether he is right or wrong, nallavana / kettavana. The only matter of interest is the thrill of punishment.

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