Dejavu

Dejavu is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language mystery thriller film directed by Arvindh Srinivasan and produced by K. Vijay Pandi and P. G. Muthiah. The film stars Arulnithi, Madhoo, Achyuth Kumar, and Smruthi Venkat. the film was released theatrically on 22 July 2022 and received mixed to positive reviews from critics and audience, and became a box office success. The film was partially reshot in Telugu as Repeat, which was directly released on Hotstar. Plot Subramani, a novelist, goes to a police station while very drunk to make a complaint that he has been receiving harassing calls from the fictional characters he had created in his novels and demands police protection. The police mocks his claim and sends him away. Subramani goes back home and starts writing again. The next day, police arrive at his house and enquire him about a call they had received from a woman named Pooja, who had called the control room saying she had been kidnapped. Pooja mentioned the writer's name and location briefly before her mobile was switched off. Police check with Subramani and are shocked to see that he had written about Pooja. They thrash him as they enquire about this, but his neighbors come to his rescue, recording the incident and uploading it on social media. This causes embarrassment to the police. The incident catches the attention of DGP Asha Pramod, who is trying to keep things tidy for the PM's visit. Asha checks with the police and is initially disappointed with the way things are handled but is shocked to find that her daughter Pooja was kidnapped and she made the call to the police control room. Now things become personal, and Asha meets Subramani herself to enquire about Pooja. Subramani says he is innocent and has no clue about the incident, but whatever he had written in his story exactly happened. Police start wondering if it is a case of ESP. The news of the missing Pooja and police harassment of Subramani in this regard starts circulating in social media. Asha is thus forced to address the media denying any such claims. Police assign a constable to monitor what Subramani writes. She checks with a DGP of another state and asks for an officer to help her retrieve Pooja. The DGP mentions he will send ACP Vikram Kumar to support her. The writer opens this incident as it happens further prompting the question of his ESP power. Vikram arrives and starts his inquiry.