Taramani 2017

Rainy bus stop encounter

Althea takes shelter under an abandoned bus stop during a heavy rain and meets Prabhu, a rugged stranger. They are wary at first but slowly open up and form an unexpected friendship through shared stories.

Prabhu's painful past

Prabhu explains his grim past: he hated his call centre job, and the only bright moment was Sowmya. He stole money from a sleeping stranger on a train to fund her visa, only for her to marry someone else, leaving him heartbroken. After the man died of a heart attack, he nearly attempted suicide at the Taramani railway station until a railway policeman intervened and later became his friend.

Family introduction and disapproval

Prabhu is introduced to Adrian and Althea's mother, who disapproves of their budding friendship. The conflict drives Althea to leave the family home, setting new distances between them.

Homeless night at the railway

Forced to fend for herself, Althea spends a night sleeping rough at the railway station. She later confides to Prabhu that she caught her husband Jacob in an affair with a man, and she separated from him, unaware that she was pregnant at the time.

Adrian asks Prabhu to be his father

Adrian asks Althea if he can call Prabhu his father. Althea and Prabhu confess their feelings for each other and decide to move in together, strengthening their bond as a family.

Possessiveness and breakup

Prabhu becomes possessive and overprotective, secretly suspecting an affair with Althea's boss. A crude text message triggers a heated argument that ends in their breakup.

Sowmya visit and dark encounter

During a holiday, Prabhu visits Sowmya and is offered chocolates, which he initially rejects. He then forces her to capture intimate photos to use for blackmail, but the box of chocolates contains more money than he had originally stolen, leaving him ashamed and he leaves.

Boss confrontation and blackmail leverage

Althea meets her boss, who makes sexist remarks. She posts selfies with him as a show of resolve and uses the incident to blackmail him into applying for a transfer. Prabhu accuses her of having an affair after seeing the photos online.

Descent into a darker side

Disheartened, Prabhu adopts a darker path, flirting anonymously with lonely married women via phone and recording them to blackmail them for money. This marks a sharp moral decline from his earlier conduct.

Police fallout

One of Prabhu's targets turns out to be the wife of the city's assistant police commissioner. While investigating, the officer learns that the woman involved is his own wife, and he rushes home to confront them, beating Prabhu and his wife.

Repayment and forgiveness

With the money Sowmya gave him, Prabhu visits the family of the man he previously stole from and repays the debt. The widow forgives him after learning the postmortem showed the husband died hours before the theft.