Thugs

Thugs is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Brinda and starring Hridhu Haroon, Anaswara Rajan, Bobby Simha, Munishkanth and R. K. Suresh & in the lead roles. It is the remake of the Malayalam film Swathandriam Ardharathriyil (2018). It was released on 24 February 2023. Plot Sethu is sentenced to imprisonment for second-degree murder in the district prison of Nagercoil. On his first day, he successfully helps the prison guards foil an escape plan by a group of inmates. Consequently, the head warden, Doss, favors him. However, he is constantly tormented by the gang whose plan he spoiled. He decides to escape. Sethu shares his plan with his cellmate, Durai. Initially, Durai disagrees but later agrees after he finds out his wife is being preyed upon by random men at the marketplace where they work. Annachi's advocate questions Sethu about the location of his childhood friend called Charlie, but Sethu remains calm and says that he does not know anything. Durai asks Sethu about Annachi and Charlie, where Sethu reveals his story. Sethu was responsible for bookkeeping for Annachi, the most powerful and dangerous crime lord in Nagercoil, while Charlie was Annachi's driver. Charlie was keen to take revenge on Annachi as he killed his father. During this time, Sethu met and fell in love with a differently abled girl. Meanwhile, one of Annachi's men kept harassing Sethu's girlfriend, but he was eventually arrested by the police. When he was released on bail, he tracked the girl down and tried to attack her. Sethu tried to stop him and ended up killing him in a fit of rage. Sethu asked for help from Charlie, who promised to arrange for Sethu and his girlfriend to escape with him to Australia, but not before he robbed Annachi of all his black money and illegal documents. Charlie immediately left for Australia but promised Sethu that he would come back to take him and his girlfriend along with him. In the meantime, Sethu and the girlfriend fled to Kerala, where they somehow stayed hidden for days. On their way to collect passports, Sethu's girlfriend got involved in a protest and was admitted to the hospital, while Sethu got arrested and was sent back to Nagercoil to face imprisonment.