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Shankar's Indian released

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Shankar's anti-corruption vigilante film Indian, starring Kamal Haasan, became the highest-grossing Tamil film on release and India's Oscar entry.

Indian, a Tamil-language vigilante action film directed by Shankar, was released on 9 May 1996. Kamal Haasan played dual roles as a retired vigilante who sets out to eradicate corruption and his son who lives by it, with music by A. R. Rahman. It became the highest-grossing Tamil film upon release and helped popularise the martial art varma kalai. It was selected as India's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, though not nominated, and won three National Film Awards including Best Actor for Haasan.

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