Taramani (2017) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Prabhu stole money to help Sowmya, a colleague he loved, obtain a visa for the United States. He believed this act would secure their future together. However, Sowmya married someone else in the States and never returned, leaving Prabhu devastated and regretful.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, Prabhu mentions that the only bright spot in his call centre job was Sowmya, who worked opposite his office, establishing his deep feelings for her.

• prabhu
• sowmya
• theft
• visa
• train
• money

After learning that the man he stole from died of a heart attack, Prabhu was consumed by guilt. The combination of losing Sowmya, his criminal act leading to someone's death, and his overall despair drove him to attempt suicide at the station.

Foreshadowing: The story establishes that Prabhu was already depressed after Sowmya left, and learning about the man's death became the final breaking point.

• prabhu
• suicide
• taramani
• guilt
• depression
• railway station

Althea discovered that Jacob was having an affair, but with another man. She believed his sexuality made real love impossible and separated from him, not realizing she was already pregnant with Adrian at the time.

Foreshadowing: This backstory explains Althea's initial wariness toward Prabhu and her fierce independence when raising her son alone.

• althea
• jacob
• affair
• pregnancy
• adrian
• separation

After moving in together, Prabhu's past trauma from being betrayed by Sowmya made him insecure. He began secretly suspecting Althea of having an affair with her boss, leading to his controlling behavior.

Foreshadowing: Prabhu's history of betrayal by Sowmya plants the seeds of his insecurity, which later manifests as jealousy and possessiveness.

• prabhu
• althea
• possessiveness
• suspicion
• boss
• affair

After his breakup with Althea, Prabhu fell into a deep moral decline. He began reaching out to lonely married women anonymously, recording them, and blackmailing them for money, a direct result of his emotional deterioration and lack of ethical boundaries.

Foreshadowing: The breakup and his dark emotional state following the loss of Althea create the psychological conditions for his descent into blackmail.

• prabhu
• blackmail
• married women
• crime
• descent

One of Prabhu's targets turned out to be the wife of the city's assistant police commissioner. When the officer discovered the woman involved was his own wife, he rushed home and beat both Prabhu and his wife, shocking Prabhu into reflecting on his actions.

Foreshadowing: This violent confrontation serves as the turning point that forces Prabhu to confront the consequences of his behavior.

• prabhu
• police commissioner
• wife
• blackmail
• violence
• confrontation

Using money Sowmya had given him, Prabhu visited the widow of the man he stole from years earlier and repaid the debt. The postmortem revealed the man had died hours before the theft, so the widow forgave Prabhu. This act of accountability was crucial for his psychological healing and ability to seek a fresh start.

Foreshadowing: This repayment represents the culmination of Prabhu's guilt journey, directly linking back to his original crime and the man's death.

• prabhu
• widow
• repayment
• forgiveness
• redemption
• guilt

After Prabhu sought forgiveness, Althea forgave him but asked him to leave the city to protect her son Adrian from further disruption and instability caused by their turbulent relationship. She wanted to shield Adrian from Prabhu's past behavior.

Foreshadowing: Althea's maternal instinct and her own painful history of instability drive her initial refusal to fully reconcile.

• althea
• prabhu
• adrian
• leave city
• protection
• forgiveness

Prabhu saw crude text messages and later noticed Althea posting selfies with her boss online. Though Althea had actually used the incident to blackmail her boss into approving her transfer, Prabhu's insecurity led him to believe she was having an affair, triggering the fight that ended their relationship.

Foreshadowing: The trust issues stemming from Prabhu's past betrayal by Sowmya make him vulnerable to jealousy despite Althea's innocent intentions.

• prabhu
• althea
• boss
• text message
• accusation
• breakup

Sowmya returned to Chennai for a holiday and visited Prabhu, offering him a box of chocolates. Inside was more money than he had originally stolen for her visa. This gesture suggested she felt guilt or wanted to make amends, though the exact reason remains ambiguous.

Foreshadowing: This encounter occurs around the same time as Prabhu's darkest period, providing him with funds that later enable his redemption through repaying the widow.

• sowmya
• prabhu
• money
• chocolates
• return
• holiday