Maharaja

By the film’s closing moments, the long‑running vendetta between Maharaja and Selvam reaches its brutal climax. After his daughter Jothi (who is really Ammu, the girl Selvam thought he had lost in the accident) is raped and left for dead by Selvam’s henchmen, Maharaja tracks the perpetrators through a stray ticket and a car‑owner’s quarrel. He discovers that one of the attackers, Nallasivam, is a corrupt police informer, while the other, Dhana, confesses that a police officer helped them break into his house. With the help of Inspector Varadharajan, Maharja learns that Selvam himself is still alive and waiting at the construction site where he works.

Maharaja confronts Selvam face‑to‑face, but he does not kill him. Jothi arrives with her teacher, demanding answers for the assault on her body. She throws her jewelry at Selvam, and only when he sees the distinctive foot‑shaped pendant — the very gift Maharaja had bought for his own daughter years earlier — does he realize that the girl he has tormented is his own lost child, now raised by Maharaja. Selvam begs for a chance to speak with her, but Maharaja tells him, in plain terms, that he no longer deserves to be her father.

Overcome by the weight of his crimes and the revelation of his daughter’s survival, Selvam takes his own life. The film ends with Maharaja holding Jothi, resolute that the truth about Selvam’s identity will remain buried, and that he will protect his daughter’s future, even if the secret stays with him forever.

Last Updated: September 15, 2025 at 18:26