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Karthik Ram Charan and Kavya Kriti Kharbanda are siblings, the children of Rama Chandra Rao, whose dream is to see them both become successful officials. The family’s resources are limited, so Karthik makes a quiet, selfless choice: he sacrifices his own exams so Kavya can continue toward her goal of becoming a collector, even if it means postponing his own ambitions. The decision forgoes the chance to fund both their educations at once, but it plants the seed of a deep, unwavering family bond that will test them in the years to come.
Years later, Karthik, now known to the world as Bruce Lee, has carved out a life as a stunt performer under Dangerous David, while Kavya pursues the CSE exam with steady focus. In a perilous moment, Karthik interrupts a hotel shoot to rescue his friend’s sister who has been kidnapped. There, Riya Rakul Preet Singh, a game designer visiting the scene to meet a cop, mistakes Karthik for a real lawman because of his police costume. This mistaken identity becomes the spark that draws Riya to him; she grows fascinated by his persona and, to his surprise, she channels that spark into a video game concept based on his exploits, a project she cheekily titles Super Cop.
Days turn into a spiraling sequence of revelations. The kidnapper and the supposed hotel attack appear to be more than a random assault; Ravi’s daughter’s safety hinges on a dangerous truth. Ravi’s investigations uncover a troubling plot: the disaster is a calculated strike orchestrated by Deepak Raj [Arun Vijay], a drug trafficker who aims at two IB officers rather than at mere terrorism. The hunt leads Karthik into a wider network of intrigue where standing up for what’s right collides with the shadowy schemes of powerful figures. Ravi pleads his case with Commissioner Marthand, who turns out to be entangled with Deepak’s plans, complicating the path to justice.
Meanwhile, Kavya completes her final exams, only to fall prey to a cruel scheme: Deepak drugs her and engineers a kidnapping to pressure Rama Chandra Rao into believing his daughter is in danger. The assault is brutal, and the consequence is a near-fatal blow to Kavya’s future as a professional, as Deepak’s machinations threaten to derail the family forever. Karthik can’t stand by while his sister is endangered, and he unleashes a ferocious response, delivering a mission-critical beatdown that leaves Deepak in a coma and Kavya safe, just in time for her engagement to Rahul, the son of Jayaraj.
The revelations widen. Deepak is revealed to be Jayaraj’s son by an unofficial wife, Malini [Tisca Chopra], whose shadowy presence has always loomed over the family’s power dynamics. Ria’s world expands as she learns that her own father is the IB Chief Bharadwaj [Mukesh Rishi], and that Karthik’s identity is not a mere rumor but a carefully guarded truth. With Bharadwaj’s help, they craft a plan to expose Jayaraj and Deepak, enlisting Ravi’s rescued ally and Suzuki Subramanyam, the undercover cop played by Brahmanandam, to lift the veil on Jayaraj’s secrets and force Vasundhara Nadhiya to confront the truth about her husband’s empire.
As the wedding bells echo, Karthik reveals his real identity to Ria, who forgives him and stands by his side as they join forces to bring down Jayaraj. The confrontation escalates when Deepak captures Karthik and orders his henchmen to seal him away in a plastic bag and cast him into a canal. Yet the plan backfires—Karthik survives, aided by the tactical shift that had replaced a corrupt inspector, G. Ramji, with Deepak himself, and the fight culminates in a dramatic, explosive showdown where Karthik kills Deepak and delivers the body to Jayaraj, exposing the entire conspiracy.
A pivotal, cinematic turn arrives when Jayaraj punctuates the act with a brazen assault on Rama Chandra Rao in front of Karthik, forcing him to step forward with the truth he has carried for so long. In a hail of help and valor, Karthik and Bharadwaj coordinate the takedown of the criminal empire, and the city’s tension is finally released when Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi makes a bold cameo, arriving amid the chaos to join in the assault on the henchmen and help rescue Ria. The rescue scene, set against the backdrop of Chiranjeevi’s own film world, underscores the film’s cluster of loyalties, courage, and kinship, and it’s a moment that transcends mere spectacle.
The pursuit ends with justice served: Jayaraj’s criminal enterprise is dismantled by Suzuki’s undercover work, and a public celebration marks the end of a long road from personal sacrifice to collective victory. In the final moment, Ria turns to Karthik and asks him to embrace a new future—one in which he officially becomes a police officer. The chorus of friends and family laughs with relief as the couple looks forward to a life united by love, duty, and the shared dream of protecting those they hold dear, with a future that promises both stability and new adventures on the horizon.
Last Updated: October 03, 2025 at 06:46
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