Raavan

Raavan

Year: 2010

Runtime: 138 mins

Language: Hindi

Director: Mani Ratnam

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Not just a story, a world. A bandit leader kidnaps the wife of the policeman who killed his sister, but later falls in love with her.

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Timeline – Raavan (2010)

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1

Beera’s rise and Ragini’s kidnapping

A montage introduces Beera Munda as the town’s shadow ruler, running a parallel government with his brothers in Laalbati. He kidnaps Ragini Sharma to avenge his sister Jamunia’s death, drawing in her husband Dev Pratap Sharma, a police superintendent. The sequence establishes Beera as both protector of his people and a formidable foe to the authorities.

Opening montage Laalbati
2

Ragini survives the cliff and Beera hesitates

Ragini refuses to die and makes a desperate leap off the cliff, proving she won’t go quietly into Beera’s captivity. Beera hesitates and decides not to kill her, arguing it is pointless to kill someone who does not fear death. This moment sets Ragini up as a defiant captive who challenges Beera’s authority.

Immediately after kidnapping Cliff by the water
3

Ragini brought to Beera’s village

Beera brings Ragini to his village and introduces her to his unusual ecosystem, where a eunuch named Gulabiya helps run the operation. Ragini remains defiant, meeting Beera eye-to-eye and testing his resolve. The captor-captive dynamic begins to tilt as Ragini asserts her own will.

Shortly after kidnapping Beera’s village, Laalbati region
4

Dev Pratap Sharma’s forest pursuit

Dev and his team, aided by forest guard Sanjeevani Kumar, march into the jungle to locate Beera. They hunt through tribal lands and brutalize locals for information, but no one talks, reinforcing Beera’s tight network. The pursuit tightens as Beera stays one step ahead.

During pursuit Laalbati forest
5

Beera’s confrontation with Rajeshwar Tiwari

Dev’s approach brings Beera into contact with Rajeshwar Tiwari, Jamunia’s husband. Beera cuts off Rajeshwar’s hand and leaves him for dead, signaling that Beera will not tolerate being discovered. Ragini sits with the tension of the jungle while violence escalates around them.

When Beera encounters Rajeshwar Jungle near Beera’s village
6

Jamunia’s backstory and Ragini’s empathy

Beera begins recounting his sister Jamunia’s death, explaining that Dev led a police encounter during her wedding and that she later died by suicide after being kept in custody. Ragini listens with growing sympathy, sensing that Beera’s motives are forged from grief as much as anger. The story complicates Ragini’s view of who is truly in the right.

Backstory reveal Beera’s hideout
7

Sanjeevani infiltrates and Mangal captures him

Sanjeevani Kumar sneaks into Ragini’s location to pass word to Dev, but Mangal intercepts and captures him, presenting him to Beera as leverage. He is kept as a prisoner in Beera’s camp to pressure Dev to return Ragini. The capture stalls direct help from the forest guards.

After Jamunia backstory Beera’s camp
8

Hariya’s truce proposal and Dev’s brutal counter

Hariya convinces Beera to offer a truce to Dev and goes with Sanjeevani to the camp. When Hariya steps into the open, Dev murders him, making clear that Beera’s destruction matters more to him than Ragini’s safety. The act reveals Dev’s single-minded determination to end Beera’s power.

Truce attempt Dev’s camp
9

Beera’s ambush and the destruction of police tents

Enraged by Hariya’s death, Beera and Mangal ambush the police tents and set them on fire. The assault escalates the conflict into a full-blown chase through the jungle as Dev and Beera close in on a final showdown. Ragini watches the chaos, torn between her loyalty to Dev and her fear for Beera.

After truce failed Police tents in the jungle
10

Final confrontation on the old mountain bridge

Beera and Dev meet for a brutal confrontation on an old mountain bridge, and Beera uses both brute force and cunning to gain the upper hand. He saves Dev from falling, and Ragini re-unites with Dev as the danger between their worlds escalates. Dev, however, yells at an invisible Beera, vowing to return and destroy him.

Climax Old mountain bridge
11

Truth, deceit, and Ragini’s ambivalence

On their way home, Dev accuses Ragini of infidelity and demands a polygraph, claiming Beera told him of it. Ragini leaves Dev to seek Beera, guided by Mangal, hoping for truth beyond Dev’s lies. The two lovers hatch a plan to meet and resolve their fates away from the watching eyes.

After confrontation Road/Beera’s hideout
12

Beera’s death after a final betrayal

Dev returns with a police force to capture Beera’s hideout, and Ragini stands in front of Beera to shield him. Beera pushes Ragini aside as gunfire erupts and is shot multiple times, finally tumbling off the cliff to his death with a smile. Ragini and Dev respond to the tragedy with quiet reverence, acknowledging the cost of passion and vengeance.

Final moment Cliff edge

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