Year: 2017
Runtime: 157 mins
Language: Tamil
Director: H. Vinoth
A hardnosed cop goes after a gang of ruthless dacoits who have been terrorising residents along the highway for a decade.
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Sasi, who is the cop in charge, orders that the documented criminal cases in the form of manuscripts be converted into digital format. During this process, he comes across a spine-chilling dacoity murder case from several years ago. After reading the case history, he calls up Theeran Thirumaran, the police officer who had taken charge of the case.
1995: Theeran is in his police training college and is undergoing training to be posted as DSP from T.N.P.S.C exams. He tops the training period and returns to his hometown of Thanjavur, where he falls in love with his new neighbor, Sripriya alias Priya, and the two happily get married. Simultaneously, a group of dacoits wrecks a house situated along the highway of Tamil Nadu, where they barge and kill all the people inside gruesomely and take their belongings. Later, Theeran gets known in the police department for his ways of handling various cases and is later moved to Ponneri after a dacoity attack. Police Inspector Sathya and Theeran deal with the case. However, their investigation leads nowhere.
2003: Theeran, Sathya, and a group of other cops go around India to see if they can identify the dacoits’ fingerprints. During this process, Theeran learns that these dacoits are tribe members of the leftover cultural groups after the Indian Independence. The carelessness of their superior officers eventually stops them, and the case is put on hold. Later, the dacoits raid the house of the ruling party’s MLA and kill him. The government is under heavy pressure from the public, and the Home Minister gives Theeran all powers and a team to nab the dacoits.
2004: Theeran and his team find one fingerprint match in Uttar Pradesh prison and go to a lorry station to capture the dacoit. Learning that the lorry has left and is heading to Ponneri, Theeran and the other officers rush to stop them. The dacoits raid Sathya’s house, where they kill his wife, but Sathya’s daughter is saved, and Priya is put in a coma. Angered by this incident, Theeran, with the help of higher officials, puts together a team to capture the gang of dacoits led by Oma. They camp in Rajasthan with the help of a local police officer. They also learn that the gang members, except Oma, are in their village, so they visit the settlement only to be sent out by the villagers.
While the case is going on, Theeran learns that Priya has died, which fuels his anger, and her death makes him even more motivated to find Oma. The team discovers a way to bring Oma out of his village. Theeran captures the organizer of the gang and one of the gang members and puts them in police custody. Infuriated, Oma vows to kill Theeran and his team. Theeran receives information that Oma will be on a train infiltrated by the team. Oma’s right-hand man, Khali, manages to beat the cops that attempt to capture Oma. Theeran arrives, but Oma pulls the chain, and he, Khali, and his friend Bhora escape. A local shepherd offers Theeran and his team a stay at his village.
Theeran and his team walk to the village and reside there for the night. Oma’s gang infiltrates the town, using the hunting tactics of wolves. Theeran formulates a plan and manages to kill all of them except Oma and Khali. Oma sets the settlement on fire and escapes with Khali. However, on their way out, Theeran shoots Khali dead. Theeran chases Oma the whole night and catches up with him. After a prolonged fight, Theeran knocks out Oma and drags him back to Tamil Nadu to be sentenced.
2017: It is revealed that Theeran has a dull, useless post in the traffic vigilance department because he is straightforward and lives alone. Sathya and his daughter visit Theeran, and Sasi, impressed by his work and history, salutes him in glory.
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