Kennedy

Uday, a former Mumbai Police officer, voluntarily participated in a scheme orchestrated by Commissioner Rasheed Khan and Sub-Inspector Abhijit Kaale to make him 'disappear' from the force. In exchange for going into hiding, Uday became Rasheed's covert enforcer, carrying out murders, extortion, and other illegal operations for six years while the world believed he was dead.

Rasheed ordered Kennedy to rig a vehicle with explosives as part of a staged terrorist attack meant to extort a powerful businessman called Big Papa, but explicitly told him not to detonate it. Kennedy, who is established as a psychopath who enjoys killing, chose to carry out the attack himself. The unsanctioned bombing triggered a national scandal that ultimately threatened Rasheed's position as commissioner.

In 2014, Uday led a police raid on the home of actress Gunjan, who was romantically linked to gangster Saleem Kattawala, and killed her brother Chandan even though there was no evidence he knew Saleem's whereabouts. The incident earned Uday the 'killer cop' label, and Saleem retaliated by arranging the murder of Uday's young son Adi. Adi's death destroyed Uday's family and pushed him into the shadowy life as Kennedy.

The politician refused to accept a bribe and threatened to expose Rasheed's scheme of toppling the state government through a no-confidence vote. Kennedy murdered the politician, his wife, and their children to eliminate the political risk. The massacre backfired by creating a massive national scandal that put Rasheed's entire operation in jeopardy.

After Adi's murder, Kennedy's wife blamed him for their son's death and ordered him to leave, so he cannot openly be part of his daughter's life. Driven by guilt and longing, he sneaks into the house to eat pudding from the fridge, leave gifts for his daughter, and follow her when she goes out. He also discovers hidden cameras already installed in the home, which allow him to monitor his family remotely while staying in hiding.

Kennedy sewed a hidden camera into his jacket and installed another in his car to build a private archive of the criminal activity he participated in and witnessed. The recordings served as both leverage and insurance, and they eventually became the evidence he uses to expose Rasheed's corruption by emailing the government near the end of the film.

The hidden camera in Kennedy's jacket is introduced early in the film, well before the climactic email that exposes Rasheed.

After years of working as Rasheed's enforcer and losing his son to the violence he helped enable, Kennedy appeared to be seeking a final form of redemption. He emailed the government a detailed record of his own crimes and Rasheed's corruption, ensuring the institutional rot that destroyed his life would be exposed. The email, combined with the suicide, frames the ending as a deliberate act of self-destruction in exchange for accountability.

By the climax, Kennedy had killed Saleem and Gunjan, shot Rasheed, and was being hunted by the police, leaving him with no way out. He also could never safely return to his daughter without endangering her or facing the law. By exposing the crimes and taking his own life, he ensured the corruption was brought to light and that his daughter would at least receive the money he left for her, even though he could never be part of her life.

The film implies that Rasheed leaked Kennedy's family's location to Saleem as part of his strategy to keep both men dependent on him. By pitting Kennedy and Saleem against each other while feeding information to both, Rasheed maintained leverage over Kennedy, who had become a liability he wanted eliminated. This betrayal is what drives Kennedy to shoot Rasheed during the police raid.

After killing Saleem and Gunjan in Kabir's apartment, Kennedy asked Charlie to deliver the money to his daughter. He trusted her because she was a civilian with no ties to his criminal world, and he had no other way to reach his family without exposing them. The money was his way of providing for his daughter, knowing he could never raise her himself.

Kennedy suspected that Rasheed had been feeding information to Saleem about his family's location, effectively using them as leverage against him. When a police raid on Rasheed's operation unfolded, Kennedy took the opportunity to shoot Rasheed in the shoulder as a personal act of revenge before escaping back to his apartment.

Kennedy's cover as a publicly dead ex-cop gave him total anonymity, and the COVID-19 pandemic added another layer of cover through lockdowns and reduced public scrutiny. He also held a legitimate day job as a cab driver, giving him a plausible reason to move around Mumbai at all hours. Rasheed's influence inside the police force further protected him, since no one within the system had any incentive to investigate the work of a 'dead' officer.

Kennedy is explicitly described as a psychopath who enjoys killing and keeps trophies taken from his victims, showing a complete lack of empathy toward anyone outside his family. His love for his daughter is genuine, but it exists alongside his cold-blooded violence. The film portrays him as a man whose capacity for paternal love and his capacity for murder are not contradictions but coexist in the same deeply damaged person.

Adi, Kennedy's young son, was murdered in retaliation for Uday's killing of Gunjan's brother Chandan during the 2014 police raid. Kennedy's wife held Uday directly responsible because his violent actions as a cop triggered the revenge killing. Overwhelmed by grief and anger, she banished him from the home, which was the final push that led him to fake his death and disappear into the life of Kennedy.