Lucia

Sanjay, a detective from the Mumbai Crime Branch, starts investigating Nikki, who lies in a Bengaluru hospital on life support. The media runs a heated debate about euthanasia as the case draws public attention. The investigation sets the stage for questions of reality versus illusion surrounding Nikki.

While going through Nikki's belongings, Sanjay uncovers scribbled notes and a mysterious pill linked to the case. The notes hint at Lucia and its power to alter perception, deepening the mystery around Nikki's coma. The discovery suggests there may be more than a straightforward medical case at play.

Police capture two suspects and subject them to torture to extract information about the ongoing drug underworld. The brutality heightens the stakes for the investigation and foreshadows the danger surrounding Nikki. It also underscores the criminal forces at work behind the coma and the pills.

Nikki continues his modest life as a torch-shiner at Shankranna's Bengaluru theatre, quietly going about his duties. He yearns for companionship, a longing tempered by contentment with his simple routine. The theatre setting provides a stable stage amid rising uncertainty.

A drug dealer approaches Nikki and pitches Lucia pills as a sleep solution and a gateway to living the life he desires. He boasts about the dreams feeling real and warns that stopping the pills could turn dreams into nightmares. Nikki's curiosity is piqued as the pills become central to the story.

With Lucia's help, Nikki begins dreaming of success and fame, surrounded by people from his real life. The dream sequences appear in black-and-white, contrasting with his drab reality. The line between waking life and dream life starts to blur as ambitions rise.

In the dream, Nikki is attacked by a contract killer for extortion, foreshadowing a parallel real-life assault where Nikki and Shankranna are targeted by the same gang. The echoes between dream and reality tighten the suspense. This dual assault heightens the sense that the pills may be reshaping his fate.

Nikki falls for Shwetha in the dream, where she is a model, while in reality she is a waiter who initially rejects him for his low salary. The contrast between dream romance and real-world rejection sharpens Nikki's craving for a simpler, attainable happiness. The twin lenses of dream and life intensify his emotional conflict.

Shankranna becomes entangled in a debt dispute with the gang leader who wants control of the theatre. The pressure turns deadly when the goons kill Shankranna, a blow that rocks Nikki's already fragile reality. The murder deepens Nikki's resolve to reshape his world despite growing danger.

In the aftermath, Nikki refurbishes the theatre and releases Shankranna's film to audiences, reclaiming his friend's legacy. He also moves toward reconciliation with Shwetha, who begins to soften and consider marriage. The theatre becomes a space of reinvention for Nikki.

Within the dream, Shankranna is kidnapped and Nikki enlists police aid to rescue him, with most goons captured or killed except for the contract killer. The dream-nightmare cycle intensifies as Nikki grapples with the implications of saving lives. The blurring of dream and reality continues to drive his choices.

Nikki withdraws from Shwetha and disposes of his staff, choosing solitude. He sits in a visually unsettled room with an empty Lucia container, a pen, and a torch, watching his life project as a torch-shiner on the walls. The isolation cements his conviction that his dreams may be the only real thing left to him.

On the rooftop, Nikki tells Shwetha he cannot decide if the moment is dream or reality, but he is happy. He asks her to close her eyes as he leaps, leaving everyone stunned while a sting operation unfolds elsewhere. In the hospital, Nikki suddenly wakes from his coma to the astonished faces of doctors and a relieved Shwetha.