Year: 2017
Runtime: 140 mins
Language: Tamil
A local gangster in Madurai attempts to leave his criminal past behind. Years later, now in his mid-fifties, he unexpectedly falls for a much younger woman, leading to significant changes in his life and forcing him to confront his past actions.
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In Dubai, a cop named Ruby interrogates a pensioner. In an attempt to capture the dreaded don Michael. The man narrates Michael’s story. In 1992, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Madurai Michael is a notorious thug who works for a smuggler named Senthamarai and kills for money. He spends his time with his sidekicks, Somu and Sabi. Michael falls for Selvi, a girl from his town. Selvi rejects him initially but later reciprocates his love. She asks him to leave his gangster life and relocate to Dubai, starting a new life. Michael half-heartedly accepts this. However, an enemy from the same gang backstabs Michael by turning into a witness for many murders committed by Michael, and the latter is in jail.
Michael then escapes prison with the help of his friends and finds out that Selvi is soon to marry a man of her parents’ choice. Understanding that he must be on the run forever, Michael leaves Selvi and migrates to Dubai, where he rises to become a dreaded gangster. Back in Dubai, Sabi dies soon after narrating the story. Ruby and the other cops figure out that Michael will be over 50 years old and will be fearing for his life, hiding somewhere. They focus on Chennai and send Michael’s photo to the police in Chennai. But Michael is revealed to live lavishly and happily in Chennai under the name “Ashwin Thatha”.
Ashwin has all the money he wants except for a woman. So he decides to get married. While interviewing probable brides, he falls in love with a much younger girl called Ramya. She and her father run a retirement home. Ashwin mistakes Ramya’s friendly talks as a reciprocation of his love and is ecstatic when she decides to tell her father about her love. At a ceremony, Ramya informs her father that she loves someone and wants to marry him, but the age difference might be problematic. To Ashwin’s surprise, Ramya introduces a younger man, Shiva, who looks like Ashwin. It turns out that Shiva is only a few years younger than Ramya, and they pursue a long-distance relationship. He is settled in the US.
A heartbroken Ashwin, overwhelmed by his emotions, resorts to drinking and becomes increasingly angry. In his desperation, he kidnaps Shiva. To further his plan, he hires a prominent makeup artist to transform his appearance, intending to use their resemblance to pose as Shiva and win over Ramya.
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