Written & Directed by: Gowthaman Ganapathy)
Thanks, MS, for the recommendation.
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At first glance, it may look like a generic B-grade film with gangsters and dirty cops on their payroll. As the story unfolds, there is a lot of violence and mind-bending, gravity-defying fight scenes. Once viewers look beyond all that and focus on the actual story, it becomes engaging. There are numerous subplots at the police station and among the gangsters. To make things more complicated, elections are just days away, and money is being siphoned from politicians to the gangsters, only to go missing.
The law may mandate all gun owners to surrender their weapons to the nearest police station, which would be returned once the election results are announced. This aims to reduce voter intimidation and violence in the days leading up to the elections. The title given to this film is the 'surrendering' of weapons.
An actor, Mansoor Ali Khan (in a cameo role), arrives at the police station to surrender his gun. The gun is received by a low-ranking senior constable (by age), who has been bypassed for promotion. The following day, during stock-taking, the gun inadvertently goes missing as he absentmindedly leaves it by the window. The team is given 48 hours to locate the pistol before the case is reported to higher authorities.
A gung-ho rookie Sub-Inspector joins the station to work with the motley crew, which includes a fiery lady police officer and a strict Head. Meanwhile, a local politician tries to get the money intended to bribe his voters. The money should have come from the gangsters via a corrupt policeman. The policeman double-crossed the gangsters with an elaborately planned accident and claimed a concussion.
The rest of the film shows how the police struggle to find the pistol as the gangsters scramble to recover the missing one and the double-crossing policeman. The loose ends are tied up at the very end, delivering poetic justice. The interesting aspect is that everything was performed quite skillfully by new faces, at least to me. (7/10)
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