Indian

1996 Tamil film directed by S. Shankar
Movie film Q3111799
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Indian

Summary

Indian is a film[1]. Indian ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,785 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Indian's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Indian was directed by S. Shankar[4].
  • S. Shankar wrote the screenplay for Indian[5].
  • Indian's composer is recorded as A. R. Rahman[6].
  • Indian's genre is action film[7].
  • Indian's genre is drama film[8].
  • Indian was followed by Kadhal Desam[9].
  • A cast member of Indian was Kamal Haasan[10].
  • A cast member of Indian was Manisha Koirala[11].
  • A cast member of Indian was Urmila Matondkar[12].
  • A cast member of Indian was Sukanya[13].
  • Indian was produced by A. M. Rathnam[14].
  • Indian was performed by A. R. Rahman[15].
  • Indian's director of photography is recorded as Jeeva[16].
  • The original language of Indian was Tamil[17].
  • Indian's soundtrack release is recorded as Indian[18].
  • Indian's color is recorded as color[19].
  • Indian's country of origin is recorded as India[20].
  • Indian was released on January 1, 1996[21].
  • Indian's narrative location is recorded as Chennai[22].
  • Indian's filming location is recorded as Australia[23].
  • Indian's film editor is recorded as B. Lenin[24].
  • Indian's nominated for is recorded as International Submission to the Academy Awards[25].
  • Indian's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ta', 'text': 'இந்தியன்'}[26].
  • Indian's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+185'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 1996[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e415fa84-9859-4927-9eef-94d1f5fd9820[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Indian was performed by A. R. Rahman[15]. Indian was produced by A. M. Rathnam[14]. Indian was directed by S. Shankar[4]. S. Shankar wrote the screenplay for Indian[5]. Cast members include Kamal Haasan[10], Manisha Koirala[11], Urmila Matondkar[12], and Sukanya[13].

Publication

Indian was published on January 1, 1996[21]. The original language of Indian was Tamil[17]. Genres include action film[7] and drama film[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Indian was followed by Kadhal Desam[9].

Why It Matters

Indian ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,785 views/month).[2] Indian has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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