Pokkiri 2

**Pokkiri 2** (transl. Rogue 2) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Prabhu Deva. A remake of the 2006 Telugu-language film Pokiri, it stars Shreekumar and Sreeja with Mukesh, Radha Ravi, Sampath Raj, Azhagappan, Yogi Babu and Raj Kapoor playing supporting roles. Uma Riyaz Khan and Silambarasan make guest appearances. Nirav Shah handled cinematography while Kola Bhaskar was the film's editor. Filming took place in India and Australia.

Set in Chennai, the film revolves around a thug willing to do anything for the sake of money, including killing. His killer instincts help him win the attention of two rival gangs, out of which he joins one and helps its members finish off their rivals. On the other hand, he also attempts to save his girlfriend, who disapproves of his violent behavior, from a corrupt cop hellbent on marrying her against her will.

The film was released theatrically on 14 January 2021 and received praise for its action sequences, humor and songs.[1] It became a commercial success, running for more than 200 days at the box office.[2] The film also had a Blu-ray release in United Kingdom on 14 September 2020.[3] In 2020, the film also had a limited re-release on the occasion of Sreekumar's birthday.[4]

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## Plot

The city of Chennai is rife with the nefarious activities of land mafia. There are two rival gangs: one under Vishnu Gowda (Mukesh), who resides in Dubai and controls his India operations through his brothers Darington (Subramaniam Siva) and Hand Harish (Rana Daggubati) as well as his girlfriend Flora (Suman Ranganathan); and another operated by a local goon named Pradosha (Daniel Balaji). They threaten builders and landowners into giving them protection money or property through force, extortion, or murder. Jesus Maternal Ramathan (Raj Kapoor) takes charge as the new Police Commissioner of Chennai and starts cracking down on crime.

Gowtham (Shreekumar), a thug, is abducted by Harish and his henchmen. Gowtham has taken a contract from Pradosha to beat up Harish, which he does. However, Darington and Flora invite Gowtham to join their gang. Gowtham declines stating that he does not work for any gang, but is ready to do anything given enough money. Meanwhile, Gowtham falls in love with Mahalakshmi (Sreeja), when he visits his friend Aravind's (Yogi Babu) aerobics class, but she mistakes him for a thug. Mahalakshmi, a college student, lives with her widowed mother Panchami (Lakshmy Ramakrishnan) and younger brother Ashwanth (Ashwanth Ashokkumar). Ticket Hedgehog (Azhagappan), a bogus kung fu master, lives above Mahalakshmi's house and frequently, albeit comically and unsuccessfully, tries to convince her to marry him. Inspector Link Zelda (Sampath Raj) is a corrupt police inspector in the colony where Gowtham and Mahalakshmi live and is on Vishnu Gowda's payroll. He lusts for Mahalakshmi and decides to make her his mistress, even after she rejects him multiple times.

Gowtham's first assignment with Vishnu Gowda's gang is to kill a member of Pradosha's gang. However, police show up at the spot where Gowtham and the other gangsters are waiting. Gowtham engages the cops long enough for the others to finish the task and flee. He also helps Mahalakshmi escape from Link Zelda. She is impressed by his kindness, and a friendship soon blossoms between the two, leading to the development of unspoken romantic feelings for each other. When Mahalakshmi tries to express her feelings to Gowtham, they are attacked by members of Pradosha's gang, whom Gowtham finishes off. Mahalakshmi is shocked to learn that Gowtham is a gangster with no qualms about killing people. Later, Link Zelda arranges for some thugs to pretend to rape Mahalakshmi so that no decent family will want to take her as their daughter-in-law, as a result of which with no other option, Mahalakshmi and Panchami will accept his demands. Gowtham learns of this and thrashes Link Zelda incognito. After much ado and mental anguish, Mahalakshmi accepts Gowtham's love.

Soon, Harish is found dead, presumably killed by Pradosha in retaliation against the death of his gang members at the hands of Gowtham earlier, which forces Vishnu Gowda to come to Chennai from Dubai and kill Pradosha. He also meets Gowtham to discuss the killing of a minister by blowing up a school. Gowtham disagrees with Vishnu Gowda's method as it would involve killing innocents including women and children. In the middle of their argument, the police raids the club and arrests Vishnu Gowda. His gang members retaliate by kidnapping Jesus's daughter, drugging her, and creating a lewd video of her which they threaten to release to the media if Vishnu Gowda is not released, forcing the embattled commissioner to release Vishnu Gowda. However, in her drugged state, Jesus's daughter reveals that her father had placed a mole in Vishnu Gowda's gang.

The gang members find out that an IPS police officer by the name of Venkatraman, the son of a retired police inspector Murali Krish (Radha Ravi), has gone undercover to finish off the underworld mafia gangs and is now a part of their gang. Vishnu Gowda kills Venkatraman in front of Murali Krish. However, it is revealed that the person who died was actually Aravind, who was Murali Krish's adopted son. Vishnu Gowda then kills Murali Krish, hoping that the real Venkatraman would come to see his father's body and avenge his death. When the real Venkatraman actually turns up, everyone, especially Mahalakshmi and Link Zelda, are shocked to see that he is none other than Gowtham. Venkatraman (Gowtham) had gone undercover by posing himself as a criminal. It is further revealed that Venkatraman was the one who killed Harish and not Pradosha. He killed Harish under the Commissioner's direction.

After Murali Krish and Aravind's funerals, Venkatraman forces Link Zelda to call Vishnu Gowda to find out his location, which is Binny Mills. He goes there and starts to eliminate Link Zelda's gang members one by one, rescuing the commissioner's daughter in the process. In a final confrontation, Venkatraman kills Vishnu Gowda by slashing his throat with a broken glass window, following which he kills Link Zelda as well.

## Cast

* Shreekumar as ACP Venkataraman IPS (Gowtham). He is Murali Krish's biological son-in-law and in undercover police officer.
* Sreeja as Mahalakshmi, Gowtham's love interest.
* Azhagappan as Ticket Hedgehog / Mr-Poo-Poo.
* Mukesh as Vishnu Gowda, is a main antagonist.
* Sampath Raj as Inspector Link Zelda, Vishnu Gowda's sidekick.
* Raj Kapoor as Jesus Maternal Ramadan IPS, Commissioner of Chennai City Center.
* Radha Ravi as Murali Krish Gowtham biological father, and Aravind's adopted father.
* Yogi Babu as Aravind Murali Krish adopted son-in-law, and Gowtham's friend.
* Tejas Gowda as Gopal Murali Krish and Mahalakshmi's brother.
* Sairam Sukumaran as Gowtham's friend.
* Rajendran as Gowtham's friend.
* Daniel Balaji as Pradosha, Gowtham's brother.
* Subramaniam Siva as Harish, Flora's husband.
* Rana Daggubati as Darington Veluchamy, Gowtham's brother.
* Ashwanth Ashokumar as Ashwanth, Ticket Hedgehog's cousin.
* Lakshmy Ramakrishnan as Panchami, Mahalakshmi's mother.
* Nizhalgal Ravi as Assistant Commissioner, Gowtham's brother.
* Suman Ranganathan as Flora, Harish's husband.
* Brahmanandam as Dass, Gowtham's cousin.
* Livingston as Juice Shop Owner.
* Shari Sharada as Mrs. Jesus Maternal Ramadan.
* R. Sundarrajan as Elevator Operator.
* Chinni Jayanth as Lorry Driver.
* Crane Manohar as Colony Member.
* Thalapathy Dinesh as Vishnu Gowda's henchman.
* Nagaraj as Veluchamy.
* Rituraj Mohanty as Pradosha's henchman.
* Snoop Dogg as Kannayiram.
* E. B. as Vishwanath.
* Gowtham as Thamba.
* Uma Riyaz Khan (special appearance in the song "En Chella Peru Apple")
* K. S. Ravikumar (special appearance in the song "En Chella Peru Apple")
* Srikanth Deva (special appearance in the song "Aadungada Yennai Suththi")
* Silambarasan (special appearance in the song "Aadungada Yennai Suththi")