Leo

Leo

Parthiban "Parthi" is an outwardly humble wildlife rescuer and café proprietor living with his wife Sathya, son Siddharth "Siddhu" and daughter Mathi "Chintu" in Theog, Himachal Pradesh. One day, his forest ranger friend Joshy Andrews seeks his help in taming a spotted hyena creating chaos; Parthi tames the hyena with the help of Siddhu and adopts it subsequently, but chooses to avoid media coverage. Meanwhile, a group of merciless burglars headed by Shanmugham threaten the townsfolk and intrude Parthi's café at its closing time. When they intimidate Parthi with the lives of Chintu and his employee Shruthi, he shoots them dead. Parthi is arrested, but acquitted after the killings are concluded to be in self-defense. After surviving an assassination attempt by Shanmugham's brother-in-law, Parthi appeals for a Tamil-speaking police officer to protect him and his family. Napoleon, who has been promoted due to his heroics in Tiruchirappalli, is assigned that position. Meanwhile, owing to the incident, Parthi's photographs appear in newspapers nationwide and draw the attention of Telangana-based drug baron brothers Harold and Antony Das. Antony promptly leaves for Theog, having recognised Parthi to be his thought-to-be-dead son Leo; Parthi, nevertheless, fiercely denies his claims. Disbelieving Parthi, Antony meets Sathya and tells her that Parthi is his son Leo, an infamous criminal. Suspicious, Sathya and Joshy separately investigate Parthi's past.

Director

Lokesh Kanagaraj

Release

20 Oct 2023

Run time

164 min

Language

Tamil