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bystander Rahab intervenes, and rescues prosthetics to play Senapathy, a vigilante
Nivi, he enters a nightmare of violence. who kills corrupt officials, and has the
Vikram’s social media minion spins it support of the helpless masses who have
into a Love Jihad story, setting off gangs to put up with the tyranny of the powerful.
of bike-riding hounds. In these times hate 28 years later, he carries on his crusade.
is so easily whipped up and amplified on Four youngsters run a YouTube channel
social media and mob violence organized called Barking Dogs in Chennai, and
for the wrong cause. create political satires. When a young
woman dies by suicide, the team discovers
Indian 2 (2024): that corrupt officials caused her death.
They protest but are unable to achieve
anything to punish those responsible.
So, they launch a campaign “Come Back
Indian,” because only Senapathy can
put an end to the corruption. Senapathy
Image Courtsey: m9.news escaped from India in the last film and is in
Taipei, running a martial arts school. He is
persuaded to return to inspire a new fight
and galvanise the people into action again.
Overblown and melodramatic, the film
does arouse some nationalistic sentiment—
In 1996, Kamal Haasan has slathered on to purge the country of evil.
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