Gharshana

Gharshana

Year: 2004

Runtime: 159 mins

Language: Telugu

Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon

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Rama Chandra, portrayed by Daggubati Venkatesh, serves as Deputy Commissioner of Police in Hyderabad. Raised as an orphan, his solitary upbringing and the demanding nature of his duties make him hesitant to form romantic relationships. Disillusioned with the judicial system, he opts for extrajudicial encounters to eliminate the city’s criminals.

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1

Ram joins a special unit to fight Hyderabad crime

Ram is recruited, along with his IPS colleagues, into a special unit tasked with tackling organized crime in Hyderabad. The team adopts a ruthless mindset and begins pursuing criminals aggressively.

early in Ram's career Hyderabad
2

Ruthless methods and initial confrontations

The unit is ruthless in its confrontation with criminals, occasionally assassinating gang members. Their relentless approach earns them fear and scrutiny from both criminals and authorities. Ram grapples with the moral costs of such tactics.

early stage Hyderabad
3

Disbandment after 5 encounters in 3 months

After five encounters in three months, human rights authorities intervene and the unit is disbanded. Ram is reassigned to Control Room Duties, stepping away from field operations.

three months into operation Hyderabad
4

Ram meets Maya; romance begins

Ram meets Maya, a school teacher, whose defiance of his routine safety questions intrigues him. After a minor checkpoint where he lets her off with a warning, their mutual respect grows into a budding romance. They begin seeing each other.

shortly after disbandment Hyderabad
5

Dass escapes; Panda returns; new alliance

Dass, who escaped the earlier encounters, teams up with Panda, who has returned to Hyderabad after fourteen years in Mumbai. Panda employs a brutal tactic—killing a family member of an opponent to destroy morale.

months into crime wave Hyderabad
6

Kidnapping wave begins; producer's son killed

Dass' gang, aided by Panda's planning, begins major kidnappings in the city and grows powerful within six months. The 11-year-old son of a film producer is kidnapped and killed, setting off a city-wide crisis.

within six months Hyderabad
7

Unit is reassembled

The commissioner reconstitutes the special unit, bringing Ram, Srikanth, Rajesh, and Jagan back into the crime branch. They renew their pursuit of the kidnapper gang.

after the kidnappings begin Hyderabad
8

Dass is killed in a railyard

The reassembled unit tracks Dass and kills him in a railyard, while Panda's gang escapes. The killing marks a turning point in their campaign.

shortly after reassembly Rail yard, Hyderabad
9

Panda takes control; families targeted

With Dass eliminated, Panda takes over the gang and targets the families of the four unit members. The police ramp up protective measures, but the threat remains constant.

months into conflict Hyderabad
10

Jagan is killed; family safety worsens

Panda's men brutally shoot and kill Jagan the same night, forcing the rest of the squad's families into hiding. The unit is pushed to the edge and becomes more isolated.

soon after Panda's rise Hyderabad
11

Ram and Maya marry; Panda attacks honeymoon cottage

Ram and Maya marry in a hurried ceremony and travel to Pulicherla for their honeymoon. The very next day, Panda's men storm the cottage, shooting Ram into Nagarjuna Sagar and kidnapping Maya.

the day after the wedding Pulicherla; Nagarjuna Sagar
12

Hospital rescue and betrayal revealed

Srikanth and Rajesh reach Ram at the cottage and rush him to a local hospital. Ram learns that Sandhya was kidnapped earlier at the airport, and Srikanth admits he betrayed Ram by guiding Panda to his location and draining his gun for Sandhya's safe return.

immediately after attack Cottage; Hospital
13

Zaherabad call; severed head and arm; Srikanth's suicide

Panda calls the team to Zaherabad to meet him on NH 9. Packages arrive: Sandhya's severed head and Maya's arm flesh. Overcome by guilt and remorse, Srikanth shoots himself dead.

night of the meeting Zaherabad, NH 9
14

Maya is shot; Ram's vow of revenge

Ram and Rajesh pursue Panda's remaining gang. Panda uses Maya as a shield and shoots her, leaving her gravely injured in Ram's arms as Panda escapes. Ram is consumed by a vow to avenge Maya and his fallen friends.

immediately after Zaherabad incident on the road during pursuit
15

Final showdown at the dock and Maya's survival

Ram tracks Panda to a dock and engages in a ferocious gun battle, killing Panda and the last of his gang in vengeance for Maya and his fallen colleagues. A few months later, Ram remains an active IPS officer and Maya is revealed to be alive; he calls out to her in the final scene.

a few months later dock on the Andhra coast

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