Indian sequel has faced a lot of hurdles right from its first day of shoot. Firstly it was planned as a single part with around 250 Cr budget. But the budget went overboard during filming leading to the film being put on hold and sudden plans for Indian 3 popped up. It was during this time Shankar met Ram Charan and Dil Raju and started Game Changer.
Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan delivered a resounding success in the form of Vikram, and Red Gaint Movies got involved in Indian 2 to bring the project on track.
Indian Sequels : A costly mistake
During the production stage, footage of 5.5 Hours led the team to split the film into Indian 2 and Indian 3. The team planned back-to-back releases of these two within a very minimal gap as only a few days of shooting and a song shoot patchwork were pending.
Indian 2, was released to a disastrous talk and bombed massively at the box office. This led to Shankar focusing only on Game Changer which again emerged as a disaster at the box office.
The makers of Indian 3 were now stuck in a dilemma as the team must complete the project as 80% of the footage was already shot. Due to Shankar’s back-to-back disasters, the makers decided not to spend much budget of the remaining portion and canceled the song. Only some balance shoot parts and patchwork with reasonable making costs are to be done.
Still big hopes for Indian 3
Now Both Kamal Haasan and Shankar are not busy with any films and Indian 3 might go for shoot and release in 2nd half of this year. One Positive sign for Indian 3 is the songs of Indian 3 and the trailer has received a positive response. Kamal Haasan has also stated that Indian 3 is a much better project than its prequel and there will be great storytelling in this film.