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Raja is a police constable who shares a tight, tense life with his colleague Baskar in a quiet villa community, where the walls seem to hold more secrets than the streets outside. He becomes captivated by Ranguski, an aspiring writer who also calls the same neighborhood home. Their circle intersects with Maria, a senior antique collector who lives in a handsome villa and guards a treasure trove of valuable pieces, a detail that makes the place feel both glamorous and dangerous. This small world is about to tilt on its axis.
To win Ranguski’s attention, Raja devises a risky game: he starts making prank calls in the name of a stranger, gently forcing the idea of affection and connection onto her. The ploy is bold, perhaps reckless, and for a moment it seems to work—Ranguski’s initial resistance begins to soften, and she finds herself drawn toward him even as she wrestles with the odd, unsettling power of the calls. As their feelings tip toward romance, Ranguski’s own life grows more complicated, and the pair’s connection deepens in the shadow of the villa community’s carefully curated facades.
But the romance is tested by fear. Ranguski continues to receive calls from a mysterious stranger, and soon Raja starts getting them too, with the caller threatening to kill Ranguski. Panicked and protective, Raja races to Ranguski’s home to shield her, only to learn from the mounting evidence that the killer has killed Maria instead. The death disrupts the delicate balance of trust within the group and casts suspicion on Raja, who suddenly finds himself accused of the very crimes he’s trying to prevent. Determined to clear his name, he bands together with Baskar and Ranguski to uncover the real killer, convinced that the murderer is someone from inside the villa community.
Their investigation grows more intricate as they realize the killer has woven themselves into the fabric of their daily lives. A photographer, one who claimed to hold a crucial clue, becomes the next victim, and the case takes a sharper turn as Raja is arrested by CBCID officer K.K.. He escapes custody in a bold move and rejoins Ranguski and Baskar, insisting that the truth lies in a hidden thread running through Maria’s passing. He recalls a moment at Maria’s house—the day of the murder—when he saw a man with a distinctive tattoo on his forearm, a clue that points toward a broader conspiracy.
That thread leads them to a man named John, who claims to have information about the real killer. John explains that he went to Maria’s house hoping to find the Gutenberg Bible, a highly valuable artifact, but instead found her dead. Raj and Ranguski push for more evidence and arrange for Ranguski to hand a recording of John’s confession to K.K. for safekeeping. Yet the plot thickens when they discover that John himself has been murdered, a twist that only deepens the sense that someone inside the villa is orchestrating everything from the shadows.
A tense chase ensues as Raja and his allies are pulled into a deadly game of cat and mouse. A threatening call suggests Ranguski’s possible kidnapping, forcing Raja and Baskar to dodge uniformed officers and race against time. In a desperate bid for answers, Raja escapes once more and seeks out his friend Shiva. The newly learned lead points to a church in Cheyur, and the pursuit brings them to a confrontation that unsettles everything they thought they knew.
At the church, a shocking revelation unfolds through Maria’s twin sister, Mary — Maria having passed on the family name to her lookalike — who reveals a chilling truth: Ranguski is the killer and has used Raja as a pawn to mask her crimes. The revelation reframes the entire story, casting Ranguski in the role of the orchestrator rather than the pursued. Meanwhile, Ranguski—carrying the Gutenberg Bible—meets the buyers in a tense exchange with a contact obtained through John. As the attempt to escape with the money spirals, police intervene, and Ranguski is shot, collapsing in Raja’s arms.
In the final, devastating moments, Ranguski dies, and with her last breath she confesses that she never loved Raja and that she manipulated him to conceal her wider web of crimes. The truth arrives with a heavy quiet: the man who seemed to threaten them all was not merely an anonymous foe but someone embedded within the community, and the path to justice unfolds with the stark, bitter honesty of Ranguski’s choices. The villa’s glittering surface hides a web of deceit, manipulation, and betrayal, reshaping the fates of those who lived there and forcing Raja to come to terms with a love story that ended far differently from what either of them had imagined.
Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 13:05
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