Pokkiri Simon (2017) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Simon gets arrested because he and his friends confront Indran after his car crushes and breaks the legs of a life-sized Vijay cutout. The fight escalates into a street brawl, leading SI Satyan to arrest Simon on suspicions related to the melee. This incident sets off the chain of events that pulls the trio deeper into the criminal underworld.

Foreshadowing: The confrontation at the theater is the first clash with Indran and Arjunan's gang, establishing the conflict that will dominate the story.

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• vijay cutout
• indran
• police

The flash drive contains crucial evidence about Arjunan's criminal racket, including details about the child exploitation operation and organ trade being run through his hospital. Doctor Jomon had discovered these illegal activities and stored the evidence on the drive before being killed and his body burned.

Foreshadowing: The burnt body found early in the story later becomes the key to exposing Arjunan's entire operation.

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• evidence
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• organ trade

Yesudas, Simon's father and a constable, returns the flash drive to Arjunan because goons threaten his family. Hoping to protect his son Simon and his friends from further harm, Yesudas hands over the drive, illustrating how fear and intimidation can bend loyalties even within the police force.

Foreshadowing: This moment establishes the stakes and shows how Arjunan's power reaches into both the streets and the police department.

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• threat
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Jennifer, Ganesh's daughter, is kidnapped by Arjunan's gang as part of a child exploitation racket that forces abducted children into begging. The criminals use children for both begging and organ trade. Jennifer is eventually released and hospitalized, but her ordeal reveals the true scale of Arjunan's criminal operation.

Foreshadowing: Simon takes Jennifer to dance class to reach Deepa, but this simple errand inadvertently places her in the criminals' path.

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• child exploitation
• begging racket

CI Alex appears sympathetic and helps secure Simon's release from arrest, making him seem like an ally. However, this is revealed to be part of a larger scheme, Alex is actually Arjunan's partner in crime, using his position to help the gang gain local fan support and political momentum for electoral purposes.

Foreshadowing: Alex's unusual willingness to vouch for Simon hints at ulterior motives that only become clear during the confrontation at Arjunan's hideout.

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• arrest
• betrayal
• arjunan

Biju manages to copy the flash drive's contents while hoping to find an adult film on it. Instead, he discovers the dangerous information about Arjunan's racket. This accidental discovery provides Simon and his friends with the crucial evidence needed to expose the criminals.

Foreshadowing: Biju's curiosity, though initially motivated by something trivial, becomes the key to uncovering the truth.

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• flash drive
• copy
• evidence
• arjunan racket

Arjunan runs a child exploitation racket that abducts children and forces them into begging. Some children are also used for organ trade through his hospital. The operation is exposed when Simon investigates Jennifer's disappearance and discovers the full scale of this criminal network.

Foreshadowing: The investigation into Jennifer's kidnapping gradually reveals the darker criminal activities happening in the town.

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• child exploitation
• organ trade
• racket
• hospital

After defeating Arjunan and exposing the criminal racket with his friends, Simon rises to the rank of police constable. This represents his personal victory, transforming from a carefree Vijay fan who faced arrest to someone who legitimately fights crime.

Foreshadowing: Simon's journey from being arrested by the police to joining their ranks mirrors his growth throughout the story.

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• police
• job
• resolution

The shared obsession with Vijay brings Simon, Biju, and Ganesh together and defines their friendship. CI Alex exploits this fan culture, using the Thalapathy fans to gain local support and political power for his criminal schemes with Arjunan. Ultimately, the fans turn against the criminals when the truth is revealed.

Foreshadowing: Alex's strategy of wooing Vijay fans to build political momentum directly ties the fan culture to the criminal plot.

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• fandom
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• election

CI Alex was Arjunan's partner in crime, using his police position to protect the gang and help them gain local support for political ambitions. He wooed Vijay fans to bolster the gang's power and legitimacy. When Simon and the professor confront the criminals, Alex's betrayal is exposed, revealing he used his influence to aid the criminal operation.

Foreshadowing: Alex's early help to Simon was calculated to manipulate the fan community for criminal gain.

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• betrayal
• villain
• arjunan
• police corruption

Doctor Jomon was a whistleblower who discovered Arjunan's illegal activities at the hospital, including the child exploitation and organ trade. He stored evidence of these crimes on a flash drive. The criminals burned his body to erase the evidence, but Yesudas recovered the flash drive from the burnt remains.

Foreshadowing: The mysterious burnt body found early in the story is later identified as Doctor Jomon, connecting the initial mystery to the main criminal plot.

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• arjunan hospital
• burned body

In the final scene, Simon and Deepa watch Vijay's film Bairavaa together. This closing moment is a nod to how cinema and real life intertwine throughout the story, Simon started as an obsessed fan but has now become a real-life hero fighting actual crime, bringing the Vijay fandom full circle.

Foreshadowing: The entire story builds from Simon's movie obsession to his actual heroism, culminating in this cinematic bookend.

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• deepa
• simon ending