Jailer

Jailer

In Arakkonam, police discover a temple priest murdered and the temple idol has been stolen and replaced with a fake one. "Tiger" Muthuvel Pandian lives in Tamil Nadu with his family. Muthuvel's son, ACP Arjun, is investigating Varman, an eccentric gangster based in Arakkonam, who smuggles idols of gods and sells them to overseas buyers. Arjun confronts Varman's henchman, Seenu, and demands to know Varman's whereabouts. While getting close to nabbing Varman, Arjun suddenly goes missing, and the police department covers this up by spreading word that he may have committed suicide due to the stress of the job. Grieving the apparent loss of his son and partly blaming himself for raising him to be honest and fearless, Muthuvel goes after Seenu and murders him, disposing of the body by coercing a clueless local taxi driver, Vimal, into helping him. In retaliation, Varman's men attempt to kill Muthuvel's grandson, Rithvik, but Muthuvel saves him. Muthuvel tries to convince Varman to leave him and his family alone. However, Varman does not listen to him. Enraged, he decides to fight back. First, Muthuvel blackmails a psychiatrist, S. Dhandapani, into providing asylum for his family. He then visits Narasimha, a reformed criminal living in Mandya, who loans him four sharpshooters. With the help of Narasimha's men, Muthuvel steals Varman's idols that were being smuggled and uses them to blackmail and humiliate Varman, who is about to kill his family.

Director

Nelson Dilipkumar

Release

10 Aug 2023

Run time

169 min

Language

Tamil