Roberrt (2021) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Raghava works as a head cook for a Brahmin caterer in Lucknow as part of his plan to live a peaceful life away from his violent past. After surviving the ship container incident and witnessing his wife's death, he made a vow to raise Arjun in a nonviolent way and shield him from his criminal history. The cook job provides cover for him to live anonymously with his son.

Foreshadowing: The timeline shows this peaceful existence was always fragile, as his past enemies eventually track him down.

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• cook
• lucknow
• new life
• arjun

Roberrt is Raghava himself - they are the same person. In his past life in Mangalore, Raghava went by the name Roberrt when he worked alongside Nanabhai as his trusted ally. He and Raghava were close like brothers, operating in the criminal underworld. After the tragedy that killed his wife Thanu, he abandoned the Roberrt identity and tried to start fresh as a simple cook, but his past catches up with him.

Foreshadowing: The flashback scenes in Mangalore reveal their partnership and explain how Roberrt gained his reputation.

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• raghava
• identity
• mangalore
• past

Raghava wants to protect Arjun from the violent and criminal world he was born into. After surviving the ship container and witnessing his mother's death during Nana's attack, Raghava swore to raise Arjun away from this brutal reality. He hopes keeping his true identity and criminal history secret will give Arjun a normal, peaceful life without the burden of knowing his family's dark past.

Foreshadowing: His vow to raise Arjun peacefully after escaping the ship container establishes this protective motive.

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• arjun
• past
• secret
• protection

Thanu was Raghava's wife who was killed during Nana's attack on Arjun's birthday celebration. When Nana's gang launched a brutal assault, Thanu died in the crossfire. This tragedy devastated Raghava and became the turning point that led him to become a police approver, cooperating with Commissioner Sathyadev to expose Nana's crimes.

Foreshadowing: The attack occurs during Arjun's birthday, a moment meant for celebration that turns into tragedy.

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• arjun
• mother
• death
• nana

The movie reveals that Arjun is not Raghava's biological son. While the exact biological father is not explicitly named in the summary, Sarkar reveals this shocking truth to Raghava during their confrontation. Despite not being his biological child, Raghava has raised Arjun since infancy and considers him his son, having made a solemn vow to protect him after Thanu's death.

Foreshadowing: The revelation reframes Raghava's motivation, showing his love for Arjun transcends blood ties.

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• biological father
• raghava
• sarkar

Balaram Tripathi, a disgraced ex-minister, vows vengeance after Raghava humiliates him during a race-night event where Raghava saves Omkar Shukla from assassination. Additionally, Tripathi's political scheme to marry his son Kishan to the daughter of a Central minister was foiled by Raghava and Arjun. These combined humiliations drive Tripathi to order Raghava's elimination, triggering the main conflict.

Foreshadowing: The timeline establishes that Tripathi's vendetta begins early and sets up the kidnapping confrontation.

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• revenge
• humiliation
• kishan
• politics

After Nana kills Thanu's parents and throws Raghava, Roberrt, and infant Arjun into a ship container to drown, they somehow survive and escape. The exact method of their survival is not detailed in the summary, but they emerge from the container alive. Roberrt then makes his vow to raise Arjun peacefully, leading them to relocate to Lucknow under new identities.

Foreshadowing: This miraculous survival sets up the entire premise of Raghava's new life in Lucknow.

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• nana
• escape

Nana (Nanabhai) wants them dead because they killed his son Cherry, who was involved in human trafficking. When Raghava and Roberrt discovered Cherry's crimes, they killed him despite Nana's desperate pleas. This act of vengeance drives Nana to orchestrate the attack on Arjun's birthday, resulting in Thanu's death, and later frame Raghava for Tripathi's murder in Lucknow.

Foreshadowing: The past reveals Cherry's trafficking operation was the catalyst for Nana's deadly grudge.

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• human trafficking
• revenge
• kill

The Rama Navami confrontation is triggered when Nana arrives in Lucknow, frames Raghava for Tripathi's death, and kidnaps Arjun to force a final showdown. Nana also poisons Amrutha's father Vishwanath Bhat to tighten his grip on Raghava. When Raghava arrives to save his son, he eliminates Nana, Kishan, and Sarkar in one decisive action, ending the threat permanently.

Foreshadowing: The timeline builds toward this religious festival as the setting for the climactic violence.

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• nana
• kishan
• sarkar
• final battle

Raghava becomes a police approver after Thanu's death. Devastated by losing his wife and worried for Arjun's future, he decides to cooperate with Police Commissioner Sathyadev to expose Nana's criminal empire. By revealing Nana's crimes to the authorities, Raghava hopes to achieve justice for Thanu's death and protect his son from the criminal world.

Foreshadowing: This decision marks Raghava's shift from criminal to informant, setting up his conflict with Nana.

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• sathyadev
• nana
• justice

Nana (Nanabhai) and Sarkar are brothers, with Nana being the elder. They once shared an empire but a rift developed between them. Despite this division, they occasionally work together - as seen in the past when they both confront Raghava at Roberrt's den. Sarkar eventually betrays Nana by revealing his existence to Raghava, showing the fractured loyalty between them.

Foreshadowing: The past timeline establishes their partnership and eventual split in Mangalore.

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• sarkar
• brothers
• rift
• mangalore

Nana uses food poisoning on Vishwanath Bhat, Amrutha's father, as a trap to draw out and control Raghava. Since Raghava works at the Brahmin caterer where Vishwanath is connected through his daughter Amrutha, Nana uses this poisoning as leverage to pressure Raghava and force him into the final confrontation. This act demonstrates Nana's ruthless tactics.

Foreshadowing: The poisoning occurs alongside Nana's arrival in Lucknow, escalating the threat level.

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• food poisoning
• nana
• amrutha
• trap