Aadhi 2018

Aadhi, Pranav Mohanlal dreams of becoming a music director, performing local singing gigs to keep his passion alive. His father, Mohan Varma, a successful businessman, would rather see him join the family enterprise, while his mother Rosy, Lenaa, supports his dream—at least in spirit, if not always in practice.

To land a breakthrough, Aadhi is sent to Bangalore to pick up his friend Roy’s car after Roy’s foreign trip, with the hope that a fresh setting will open doors in the music world. In the city, a nightclub becomes the stage where Aadhi hopes to catch the attention of eminent figures in the industry. Yet the night takes a grim turn when the death of a young man—the son of Narayana Reddy, the powerful owner of the Pinnacle Group—unfolds in the shadows of the party.

Narayana Reddy, Jagapati Babu, uses his influence to frame the incident as an accident and launches an underground manhunt for Aadhi, circulating a security-camera picture that marks him as the culprit. He even seizes Aadhi’s car and tracks him along the Bangalore–Mysore road, turning every escape attempt into a pursuit. Aadhi, with his parkour-like quickness, dodges relentless pursuers and finds himself crossing paths with Sharath, Sharafudheen.

Sharath shelters Aadhi at home and explains how Reddy has brought ill fate to his family. He agrees to help, enlisting Mani Annan and other allies to hatch an escape plan so Aadhi can leave the country. Aadhi seeks refuge at Sharath’s place and, sensing the danger tightening around him, decides to go abroad after a brief confrontation with his father in Bangalore.

As Reddy intensifies the manhunt, police and ordinary routes are scoured for Aadhi, who loses his phone in the chaos and communicates with his parents via Sharath. Jayakrishnan, Siju Wilson, grows suspicious and steps in to monitor the calls, eventually discovering that Sharath is helping Aadhi. The tension escalates when Jayakrishnan and his men close in on Sharath, who is captured and killed before he can reveal Jayakrishnan’s own role in the earlier death.

With Sharath gone, Aadhi and Mani Annan improvise a new plan to expose the truth to Reddy. They recruit Ebin, Tony Luke, a former Pinnacle Group employee, to access security footage and help them outwit Jayakrishnan. Anjana, Aditi Ravi, joins the ruse to misdirect Jayakrishnan and buys them time as they move toward a confrontation at Reddy’s office.

Inside the office, Aadhi slips in through a service exit while Anjana distracts the guards at the front. Jayakrishnan senses the breach and rushes back, but Aadhi manages to confront Reddy with the truth about Jayakrishnan’s manipulation. As the confrontation unfolds, Siddhu, Sijoy Varghese (Siddharth), emerges as a partner in the conspiracy, aiming to kill Reddy and grab his wealth, only to turn on Jayakrishnan when the balance of power shifts.

The drama erupts on the 10th floor, where Siddhu and Jayakrishnan confront Aadhi and Anjana. A heated struggle ends with gunfire and a dramatic escape plan that hinges on a dangerous fire-alarm setup. Ebin triggers the alarm at the pivotal moment, unleashing a cascade of gasoline and flame. Aadhi executes a Dülfersitz move to plunge to safety as the fire explodes, buying him a chance to run.

In the aftermath, Reddy survives the explosion and Aadhi is finally deemed free, while Jayakrishnan and Siddhu are killed in the chaos. The film leaves Aadhi’s fate open to interpretation, but his escape and the exposure of the conspiracy mark a hard-won victory for a young artist who refused to let fear define his future.