Tamil Padam 2 is a spoof on Tamil films. Indian 2 is a spoof on Shankar’s films. Similar to Indian or Anniyan, this film too starts with the current state of our country. In this case it highlights the fact that corruption has become a way of life. A group of friends (Siddarth and co) try to surface such situations on social media and expose the corrupt people. When they realize that their actions make no impact and doesn’t create the change they want, they try to trace Indian and get him back. Indian does come back. However does his plan work? The biggest problem is that the film is a rehash of Indian, Anniyan and I. The scenes are outdated. This is 2024 and we are dealing with Gen Z or Gen Alpha. When you show a couple of corrupt scenes, the audience understand. In this case, Shankar shows the same situation with 5 different characters plus similar corrupt situations in 3 other Indian cities. It is a Cringefest. To top that, Kamal speaks lengthy dialogues and the innovative killing methods are no longer innovative and a big yawnnn. When Kamal writes a lengthy Punjabi dialogue with salaiva…I wanted to kill Indian. Anirudh’s music, the makeup, fights…sorry, nothing works. The 78 year old Indian was old yet mentally strong. The 106 year old looks younger with a six pack and does unbelievable stunts. The Indian 3 trailer at the end of the film hold some promise and gives hope that all is not lost with Shankar.
