Lokesh Kanagaraj's Universe: A Viewing Order

What began as a lean one-night thriller in Kaithi has grown into a sprawling interconnected saga.

Start with Kaithi for tone, move to Vikram for scope, and treat Leo as the wild card. The pleasures are in the echoes — a returning character here, a familiar cargo there.

Whether the universe can sustain its own weight is the open question of the next few years, but few franchises in Indian cinema are this fun to map.