Pudhiya Mugam

Raja and his fiancée are romancing in Sri Lanka when they witness a brutal murder. The killers kill his fiancée, leaving him devastated and alone. The trauma becomes the catalyst for a life driven by vengeance.

Grief turns into resolve as Raja hunts down and eliminates the people responsible for his fiancée's death. The act marks his entry into a world of violence as an assassin, and the police pursue him as a fugitive. He abandons his old life to secure his future in crime.

To disappear from his past, he undergoes extensive plastic surgery and travels to Chennai, India. He adopts a new face and a new identity, leaving behind his former self. This reinvention enables him to start anew amid a bustling city.

Upon arriving in Chennai, the assassin thwarts a terrorist plot at the airport and saves a group of children. His act exposes a hidden protector beneath the hardened exterior. This incident marks the transition from fugitive to celebrated hero.

He meets Anjali, falls in love, and marries her, choosing a life of domestic happiness over lingering danger. The relationship anchors him to a civilian existence. Their union signals his full integration into society.

Thanks to his heroism, he is accepted into the Indian Army and rises through the ranks over the years. His past remains hidden, enabling a dual life between soldier and secretive past. The army career legitimizes the life he has built.

A few years later, the couple's son Hari grows up and bears a striking resemblance to his father's pre-surgery appearance. The son becomes curious about his father's past, sensing there is more to the family history. This resemblance foreshadows an impending revelation.

Hari returns from the US with his girlfriend and encounters the old terrorist accomplices at the airport. The men identify him and begin shadowing him to uncover the truth about his father. The danger creeps closer to the family.

The accomplices realize the ex-assassin is now a high-ranking officer with access to army secrets and blackmail him to hand over confidential information. The conflict tests his loyalty and the strength of his new life. He weighs protecting the truth against protecting his family.

Hari travels to Sri Lanka for a vacation and uncovers his father's past, leading him to resent the man he thought he knew. The revelation fractures their relationship and intensifies the family drama. The homeland setting amplifies the stakes.

Back in India, Hari attempts to file a case against his father, but ACP Shekar intervenes to shield the man. The protective friend preserves the assassin's secret and prevents the scandal from breaking publicly. The internal conflict remains hidden from Anjali and Hari's mother.

Realizing his son may uncover his past, the assassin writes a letter to Shekar confessing everything. He then goes to confront the terrorists, choosing to end the threat with a personal confrontation. The act signifies a deliberate choice to sacrifice himself for the greater good.

The assassin detonates an explosive device while meeting the terrorists, killing them—and himself—in the process. His wife remains unaware of his true past, as advised by Shekar. The city remembers him as a hero who died fighting terrorism.

Public praise follows his death, with the assassin celebrated as a hero who sacrificed himself. His wife does not know the truth about his past life, keeping up a facade of normalcy. The son maintains the secrecy as a family pact, continuing the illusion of a conventional family.