Yuddham Sei Full Story Explained (2011)

The film opens on a rainy night. A woman tries to hire an auto rickshaw. She notices an unconscious girl in the backseat. She calls the police, but a man chases her away. Then, on New Year's Eve, a cardboard box is found on a parked car at the beach. Another identical box is found in a park. Inside each box is an amputated male arm. Senior Inspector J. Krishnan (J.K.) of the CB-CID takes the case. He is a quiet, brooding man who is also searching for his sister Charu, who disappeared six months ago. He works with two junior officers: Prakash and Tamilselvi. At the morgue, they meet Dr. Judas Iscariot, a medical examiner with a philosophical streak. J.K. identifies one pair of hands as belonging to auto driver Moorthy. He follows the lead to a middleman named Rajamanickam. Rajamanickam is later tortured and his hands are cut off by a black-clad man with a shaven head. His hands are displayed in a subway. J.K. then investigates a missing man named John Britto. Britto was involved in a scandal that disgraced Dr. Purushothaman and his family. The Purushothaman family supposedly committed suicide in September. J.K. reopens their case. He learns that Dr. Purushothaman was accused of bribery, and his wife Annapoorni was accused of having sex with a lab attendant named Manikandan. But everyone says the family was good. Manikandan is a petty thief. He has been missing since November. J.K. discovers that the Purushothaman family had a daughter named Suja. She disappeared on the same day as Charu — September 6. J.K. interviews a corrupt inspector named Isakki Muthu, who handled the Purushothaman case. He also interviews a textile shop owner named Duraipandi, who was accused of peeping at girls in his shop. Duraipandi got off after his manager took the blame. J.K. realizes the case has the Rashomon effect — everyone tells a different story. He finds a major lead: two people were in the auto rickshaw that took Suja from her dance class. The same is true for Charu's disappearance. Meanwhile, a mysterious green Qualis keeps appearing. It kidnaps men who are connected to the crimes. J.K. discovers that ACP Thirisangu, Isakki Muthu, Duraipandi, and other men are running a racket. They kidnap and drug virgin girls, then strip and rape them in front of wealthy impotent men. Suja was one of their victims. She returned home three days later but committed suicide the next morning. Her parents, Dr. Purushothaman and Annapoorni, along with their son Nishanth and family friend Judas, decided to take revenge. They faked their own deaths. They then kidnapped and tortured everyone responsible. They cut off arms, gouged out eyes, and cut out tongues. J.K. figures out the truth. He rescues Charu from Thirisangu. In the final shootout at the old Palaniappan Mills, Purushothaman and Annapoorni kill most of the gang. They sacrifice themselves to save Charu, mistaking her for Suja. J.K. kills Thirisangu. Duraipandi gets 13 years in prison. The others get seven years each. J.K. sends Nishanth abroad with a book, asking him to find meaning in his parents' sacrifice. J.K.'s team is suspended for six months for letting Nishanth escape.