Madura Raja (2019) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

S.I. Balachandran was killed because he traveled to Pambinthuruthu to arrest V.R. Nadesan after the illegal liquor operation caused 77 deaths in a nearby city. After attempting to crack down on Nadesan's operation, he was betrayed by his own men and mauled to death by Nadesan's hunting hounds. His death opened the door for Nadesan to operate unchecked for 25 years.

• balachandran
• nadesan
• hounds
• police
• murder
• pambinthuruthu

Nadesan maintained power through a combination of corruption, violence, and charitable fronts. He bribed the police, particularly CI David, to protect his operations. He built seemingly legitimate businesses including a glass bottle factory, the Nadesan Charity Hospital, and a school, which masked his illegal liquor and organ trade operations. When anyone threatened to expose him, he eliminated them through his hounds or other means.

Foreshadowing: The hounds that killed Balachandran were established early as Nadesan's weapon of choice.

• nadesan
• corruption
• power
• charity hospital
• ci david
• illegal liquor

Krishnan Nair was falsely charged with murdering a journalist who had been investigating Nadesan's organ trade scheme. CI David, acting on Nadesan's behalf, filed this false charge to silence the investigators and discredit Madhavan Nair and Krishnan Nair's investigation. The real purpose was to suppress any threat to Nadesan's criminal empire.

• krishnan nair
• journalist
• false charge
• organ trade
• ci david

Nadesan was running an illegal organ trade operation through the Nadesan Charity Hospital. He organized free medical camps to attract potential donors, then harvested their organs without proper consent or ethical procedures. The murdered journalist had been gathering evidence about this scheme before being killed.

• nadesan charity hospital
• organ trade
• medical camps
• illegal surgery

Madhura Raja exposed Nadesan by first targeting the illegal distillery that supported his wealth, stripping away the community's trust in his benevolent image. He then revealed the organ trade happening at the charity hospital, connecting the murdered journalist's death to Nadesan's machinery. By exposing these crimes during the election campaign, Raja convinced voters that Nadesan's philanthropy was a facade for criminality.

• madhura raja
• exposure
• election campaign
• organ trade
• distillery

After Raja won the election, Nadesan orchestrated revenge and had both Chinna and Lissy killed. Chinna was murdered in a trap set for Raja. Lissy, the nurse who had helped the journalist gather evidence about the organ trade, was also killed by the same hunting hounds that Nadesan had used to kill Balachandran years earlier.

Foreshadowing: The return of the hounds was foreshadowed by their earlier use against Balachandran.

• chinna
• lissy
• nadesan
• hounds
• revenge
• killed

Nadesan opened a bar in front of a school as part of his strategy to establish dominance over the community. The bar served as a tool for harassment, targeting local youths and school staff while demonstrating that Nadesan could operate without consequence. It reflected his ruthless control over the island despite his charitable public image.

• bar
• school
• nadesan
• harassment
• community control

Raja won because he strategically exposed the source of Nadesan's popularity. Rather than challenging Nadesan's charitable image directly, Raja targeted the illegal distillery that funded it. By revealing that Nadesan's wealth came from illegal liquor causing deaths and organ trade at the hospital, Raja dismantled the false benevolence. Voters realized their trust was misplaced, leading to a landslide victory for Raja.

• election
• victory
• nadesan popularity
• expose crimes
• voting

Nadesan killed the journalist because she was getting close to exposing his illegal organ trade operation at the charity hospital. She had been gathering evidence about the organ harvesting scheme and was a threat to Nadesan's entire criminal network. Killing her was meant to silence the investigation, though the evidence she gathered later helped Raja expose Nadesan.

• journalist
• organ trade
• murdered
• evidence
• investigation

Nadesan used hunting hounds as his signature method of execution because it allowed him to kill enemies while maintaining plausible deniability. The same pack of hounds killed S.I. Balachandran years earlier, and later killed Chinna and Lissy. This brutal method became his trademark way of eliminating anyone who threatened his empire.

Foreshadowing: The hounds were established as Nadesan's weapon from the moment they killed Balachandran.

• hounds
• hunting dogs
• nadesan
• murder weapon
• mauling

The 77 deaths in a nearby city were caused by tainted illegal liquor produced at Nadesan's distillery on Pambinthuruthu island. This catastrophic event prompted S.I. Balachandran to travel to the island and attempt to arrest Nadesan, leading to his murder. The poisoned liquor was shipped off the island and caused mass casualties, establishing the deadly stakes of Nadesan's operation.

• illegal liquor
• 77 deaths
• poisoned alcohol
• distillery
• tragedy

Raja decided to contest the election because he recognized that defeating Nadesan required more than legal action. As an outsider with little public support against Nadesan's well-established charitable image, winning political office was the only way to legally dismantle the criminal empire and bring accountability to the island.

• election
• mla
• political campaign
• outsider
• nadesan rivalry

The ending shows Raja, now an elected MLA, setting his sights on becoming a minister three months after his victory. This explicitly hints at a possible third installment in the series, suggesting Raja will continue his political climb and fight corruption at a higher level.

• minister
• sequel
• political future
• mla
• ending