The news was announced by director Shankar during the audio launch of the much-awaited sequel; Indian -2. The director said that Kajal Aggarwal, earlier announced as the lead actress opposite Kamal Haasan in the movie, will not appear in the sequel. Fans were shocked to hear this news as the crew had already filmed major parts of Kajal Aggarwal for the movie. Moreover, the actress was also present in the audio launch event held on Sunday in Chennai.

Ending the major queries from fans, director Shankar clarified that the scenes filmed with the actress will be used in the third part of the movie(Indian-3) which is expected to hit theatres in 2025. Siddharth, Rakul Preet Singh, SJ Surya, and Bobby Simha will play important roles in the upcoming movie.

Cinematography: Ravi Varman, Editing: Sreekar Prasad, Action – Anbariv brothers, Peter Hein, Stunt Silva, Executive Producer - GKM Tamil Kumaran. The film is produced by Subaskaran under the banner of Lyca Productions. Indian 2 is releasing on July 12. Indian 3 will be released six months after the release of Indian 2 and is tentatively scheduled for January.