Koyla

Handsome but mute Shankar is raised by the powerful Raja, who treats him like a slave. Raja's brother Brijwa is violent and routinely beats Shankar. Shankar remains loyal despite the cruelty, shaping his view of power and obedience.

Raja spots Gauri, a pretty villager, and decides to marry her. He sends a photo of Shankar to Gauri to manipulate her into agreement. The plan hinges on controlling both the bride and Shankar.

During the wedding ceremony, Gauri discovers that Shankar isn't her groom and faints. Raja orders the priest to continue despite her protest. The deception marks the start of Gauri's ordeal at Raja's hands.

When Gauri regains consciousness, she sees Raja attempting to consummate the marriage and resists. He imprisons and tortures her to break her will. Gauri eventually attempts suicide, but Shankar saves her. At first, she accuses him of ruining her life, but she soon realizes his innocence.

When Gauri's brother Ashok visits, Raja forces Gauri to lie that she is happy in the marriage. Shankar writes the truth in the dirt, revealing that Raja and Brijwa killed Ashok when he tried to rescue his sister. Ashok dies from the revelation, and Shankar vows to save Gauri.

Gauri and Shankar flee Raja's mansion with a plan to stay ahead of him. Raja mobilizes a corrupt DIG to track them down. The chase winds through the surrounding jungle as they try to survive.

A long pursuit through the jungle leads into the mountains, testing their resolve. The ordeal brings Shankar and Gauri closer, and they begin to fall in love as they rely on each other. Shankar fights off Raja's men along the way.

Raja tracks them down and shoots Gauri in the arm to trap them. The couple's freedom hangs by a thread as Raja regains control. The moment marks a turning point in their struggle for safety.

Brijwa and a corrupt DIG brutally beat Shankar, and Raja slits his throat, leaving him to die in the mountains. Gauri's safety fades as Raja tightens his grip on the couple. The hero's life hangs in the balance.

Gauri is sold to a brothel after Raja learns she loves Shankar. Inside the brothel, Bindiya—a disowned former lover of Raja who also loves Shankar—arrives and intervenes to save Gauri. This act signals shifting loyalties against Raja's regime.

Bindiya is publicly humiliated by Brijwa for loving Shankar and is stabbed in the process. The brutality highlights the ruthlessness of Raja's world and the costs of forbidden love. The act deepens the resolve of Shankar to confront Raja.

A village boy saves Shankar and takes him to a healer grandfather, who operates on his throat while he is unconscious. The healer discovers Shankar's muteness was caused by a childhood assault, not birth, and fills in the missing past. Shankar recalls that his father found diamonds in a coal mine before their murder by two mysterious men.

Shankar returns to the mansion and kills Brijwa. He rescues Gauri from the men who killed his parents, killing one of them in the process. The act marks a return to the heart of Raja's criminal empire and a personal reckoning.

Shankar teams with Raja's doctor and his son to eliminate Raja's remaining henchman. They reveal Raja's crimes to the coal miners, sparking chaos and resistance among the workers. The regime's grip begins to crack.

Gauri arrives with her uncle and aunt to force confessions from Raja's accomplices. Shankar corners Raja, who begs for mercy. In a brutal finale, Shankar defeats him by dousing him with oil and coal and setting him on fire with a burning rock, sealing his fate as they embrace.