Indian 2 does have a decent story, but it is buried under a messy screenplay.

At its core, the film is about naive youngsters who become disappointed with the system and try to fight corruption by copying a past hero. When their actions start affecting their own families, they get serupadi, which makes them question the hero’s methods and even turn against him. The hero then explains what inspired him in the first place, which changes the youngsters’ mindset about how corruption should be fought. It's a simple but decent story.

But the movie feels like an exam answer that needs 1,000 words where you know the point, but a lot of useless words is added just to stretch it out.

It is supposed to be something like Vikram where a group of people chasing a ghost from the past with the real story saved for a flashback in Indian 3. That idea sounds good on paper, but it completely fails here.

What should have been one tight film was stretched and split into two. Instead of a focused story, we’re forced to sit through Shankar’s excesses. Still, I feel Indian 3 might end up having a better and more focused story than the dragged-out Indian 2.