Boss

Boss

Year: 2013

Runtime: 143 min

Language: English

Director: Anthony D'Souza

ActionDramaComedy

Driven by fierce family loyalty, a man abandons his peaceful existence to confront dangerous enemies threatening those he loves. He navigates a world of corruption, battling both lawmen and powerful officials as he fights to protect his family. The intense struggle leads to a final, decisive confrontation at Kurukshetra, a legendary location where a dramatic battle between good and evil unfolds.

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Tauji, also known as Big Boss, is a notorious transporter and gangster based in Kurukshetra. While being escorted to Mirzapur for work, he and his trusted ally Lallan halt at a stop where a nameless young boy unexpectedly steps forward. The moment is pivotal: Lallan betrays Big Boss to his rival Dushyant, and in the aftermath the boy saves the Boss’s life. The Boss takes the boy under his wing, giving him the nickname “Boss.” This act seeds a complex, protective bond that will shape two generations of violence, loyalty, and quiet justice.

Fifteen years slip by, and the narrative shifts to the life of Satyakant Acharya Shastri, a retired schoolteacher who remains haunted by the old incident. He porously clings to the belief that the boy who saved Big Boss is now a criminal transported along a dangerous arc. He also holds to the notion that his other son, Shivakant “Shiv” Shastri, is the true heir in his eyes. The tension between perception and reality drives Satyakant’s days, and he and his longtime friend Raghunath keep revisiting the past as if it might offer some crucial clarity.

To complicate matters, Shiv is sent from Delhi to live with his maternal uncle, Zorawar Singh, who is a sub-inspector. Zorawar is not as capable as the family hopes, and his own fallible judgment casts a shadow over Shiv’s fate. Injured, Zorawar urges Shiv to take his place as a security escort to the sister of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ayushman Thakur. Shiv recognizes Ankita, Ayushman’s sister, from an intercollege festival, and a tender connection grows between them as they navigate the obstacles in their families and their own hearts.

Ayushman Thakur is revealed to be entangled with Vishwaas Pradhan, a powerful Home Minister whose hunger for control is unchecked. Ayushman’s plan for Ankita’s life is driven by political ambition: he wants Ankita married to his own son Vishal, a match he believes will consolidate power. Ankita’s growing affection for Shiv puts Ayushman on edge, and when she resists the arrangement, Shiv ends up arrested and charged with crimes he did not commit, all in the charged atmosphere of a courtroom and the public glare. The humiliation is aimed at Satyakant, who accompanies Shiv’s elder brother and the rest of the family in a moment of public shaming. Ayushman’s power is felt as he forces a grim reckoning—an assertion that Shiv will be punished for stepping out of line.

The story then shifts to Kurukshetra, where Big Boss has matured into a suave, formidable transport magnate who channels his strength into fighting for justice in his own way. A flashback reveals the roots of his code: a man who has learned to wield power to protect those who cannot protect themselves. The past returns to bite when Surya, the boy Big Boss once saved, is shown as a child prone to brawls with the son of the local Sarpanch. This pattern of violence, coupled with the harsh judgments of the village, pushes Surya into juvenile detention. After his release, he acts in self-defense when attacked by the Sarpanch and his men, an act that leaves Satyakant, Raghunath, and Shiv witnesses to a moment that fractures a family’s sense of belonging and justice. Surya’s life becomes a private burden, and he walks away from his father’s house feeling abandoned.

Back in the present, Boss hears of a new contract from Pradhan, and the web tightens around Shiv’s fate. Satyakant visits Boss, presenting a photograph of Shiv, a push that makes Surya believe Shiv’s life is in danger and that Ayushman will use him for his own ends. The tension between old loyalties and new schemes deepens as Boss confronts Ayushman. In a tense turn, Vishal convinces Boss to free Shiv from custody, hinting that Boss would kill Shiv if released. Boss complicates the trap by helping Shiv escape, and in a startling revelation, he discloses to Shiv his true identity as Surya.

Pradhan, determined to control the unfolding drama, dispatches his cops to seize Boss and escort him to Ayushman’s farmhouse. Boss evades capture, races to the farmhouse, and in a dramatic confrontation, Pradhan cancels the contract to kill Shiv right in front of Ayushman and Tauji. The emotional stakes rise as Surya asks Ankita whether she truly loves Shiv; her answer—affirmative—binds the lovers in a shared resolve. Surya takes responsibility for ensuring Ankita can marry Shiv, presenting the union to Tauji and Ayushman as a matter of honor and defense of their family’s future.

The tension explodes into action as Satyakant and Shiv are attacked by Jabbar Bhai and his henchmen, a hit orchestrated by Pradhan. Surya intervenes, incapacitating Jabbar Bhai and saving his father and brother from a brutal fate. In a politically explosive counter-move, twenty-five MLAs from Pradhan’s party are exposed in a scandal at a brothel, a media-driven blow to Pradhan’s power—crafted with the help of an unseen informant who is later revealed to be Boss. Ayushman seizes on the moment to frame Shiv in a fake rape case through the manipulation of Ankita’s friend, Dimple, intensifying the legal and personal jeopardy Shiv faces.

When Satyakant confronts the growing chaos, he is again humiliated and released by Ayushman. In response, Surya exacts his own form of justice by torturing Vishal and deploying a time bomb ruse to force Shiv back into the open. Tauji learns the truth: Surya did not kill the schoolmate; the tragedy was an accident, though the sentiment of guilt lingers in the air as a heavy burden.

A fateful collision of loyalties comes when Tauji, Satyakant, and Shiv hurry to reach Surya, but Ayushman—the man who has governed so much of their fate—drives a truck into their path. Tauji survives, Raghunath dies on the spot, and Satyakant is left injured in the wreck. In the closing moments, Boss delivers a brutal victory over Ayushman, while the family, battered yet hopeful, finds a chance for reunion. The final embrace—Satyakant and Shiv opening their arms to welcome Surya back—signals a resolved, though scarred, family legacy that has finally found a fragile harmony after a long, violent odyssey.

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