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8 Thottakkal
8 Thottakkal (transl. 8 Bullets) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Sri Ganesh in his directoral debut. Produced by Vellapandian, the film stars his son Vetri, alongside an ensemble cast including Aparna Balamurali, Nassar, M. S. Bhaskar and Meera Mithun. Principal photography commenced in August 2016 at Chennai and was completed in November 2016. The film released on 7 April 2017.
The film, which was loosely inspired by the 1949 Japanese movie Stray Dog, was remade in Kannada as 8MM Bullet (2018), Telugu as Senapathi (2021), and Malayalam as Corona Papers (2023).
The film starts with an orphaned boy, Sathya, getting framed by the employer for the murder of his wife and is sent to juvenile. He befriends the warden, who helps him secure a sub-inspector job.
Sathya follows his warden's advice and works honestly. Unlike his stationmates, he refuses bribes and is shunned. Sathya assists a writer after Gunasekaran, his dishonest inspector, beats him. Guna wants to disgrace Sathya because she thinks he's seeking hero status by making him appear horrible. Guna then assigns Sathya to track a violent thug. While following the mobster, he drops his 8-shot revolver. Sathya has one day to find his gun or be disciplined by Guna.
A reporter friend, Meera, helps Sathya find the boy who took his rifle and sold it. A bank robbery goes wrong when the gun buyer and two others fire and kill a female. Meera worries about her job and informs her supervisors, which becomes viral and suspends Sathya. Pandian, the new case handler, finds Sathya hiding from police before he's arrested. Sathya joins Pandian after he says he should search like a cop.
The boss objects, but one robber steals all the new notes to buy his girlfriend a necklace for her birthday. He's nabbed at the jewelry shop because police monitored fresh note serial numbers. Escapes arrest and earns his share. He is shot and dies, trying to steal the money after a disagreement with the boss. Left two buries body. The second robber phones the police, fearing the boss would shoot him. The boss kills the second robber to prevent authorities from linking him to him when they try to capture him.
Sathya encounters Krishnamurthy, an old policeman suspended for letting a terrorist escape as a constable. Guna released the terrorist after accepting a bribe, ruining Murthy's career. Sathya tells Murthy about life's changes. Murthy leaves after seeing the gun seller. Murthy murders him with the same revolver when he follows him to a restroom. Murthy leads the robbery and kills the officer who didn't approve his Provident Fund. Now seeking for murder clues, Sathya finds Murthy's application approved and gives it to him at his house. He discovers that Murthy is the robber and boss by connecting the murder of the gun seller to his son's allegation that the application was approved and that Murthy donated the money to the family.
Murthy kills Guna in a bank and throws away the money. Murthy returns home to police encirclement. SATHYA flees with his gun when Pandian kidnaps Murthy's grandchild. Murthy shot Pandian and Sathya killed him in self-defense, the investigating board learns. Job restored for Sathya.
8 Thottakkal
8 Thottakkal (transl. 8 Bullets) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Sri Ganesh in his directoral debut. Produced by Vellapandian, the film stars his son Vetri, alongside an ensemble cast including Aparna Balamurali, Nassar, M. S. Bhaskar and Meera Mithun. Principal photography commenced in August 2016 at Chennai and was completed in November 2016. The film released on 7 April 2017.
The film, which was loosely inspired by the 1949 Japanese movie Stray Dog, was remade in Kannada as 8MM Bullet (2018), Telugu as Senapathi (2021), and Malayalam as Corona Papers (2023).
The film starts with an orphaned boy, Sathya, getting framed by the employer for the murder of his wife and is sent to juvenile. He befriends the warden, who helps him secure a sub-inspector job.
Sathya follows his warden's advice and works honestly. Unlike his stationmates, he refuses bribes and is shunned. Sathya assists a writer after Gunasekaran, his dishonest inspector, beats him. Guna wants to disgrace Sathya because she thinks he's seeking hero status by making him appear horrible. Guna then assigns Sathya to track a violent thug. While following the mobster, he drops his 8-shot revolver. Sathya has one day to find his gun or be disciplined by Guna.
A reporter friend, Meera, helps Sathya find the boy who took his rifle and sold it. A bank robbery goes wrong when the gun buyer and two others fire and kill a female. Meera worries about her job and informs her supervisors, which becomes viral and suspends Sathya. Pandian, the new case handler, finds Sathya hiding from police before he's arrested. Sathya joins Pandian after he says he should search like a cop.
The boss objects, but one robber steals all the new notes to buy his girlfriend a necklace for her birthday. He's nabbed at the jewelry shop because police monitored fresh note serial numbers. Escapes arrest and earns his share. He is shot and dies, trying to steal the money after a disagreement with the boss. Left two buries body. The second robber phones the police, fearing the boss would shoot him. The boss kills the second robber to prevent authorities from linking him to him when they try to capture him.
Sathya encounters Krishnamurthy, an old policeman suspended for letting a terrorist escape as a constable. Guna released the terrorist after accepting a bribe, ruining Murthy's career. Sathya tells Murthy about life's changes. Murthy leaves after seeing the gun seller. Murthy murders him with the same revolver when he follows him to a restroom. Murthy leads the robbery and kills the officer who didn't approve his Provident Fund. Now seeking for murder clues, Sathya finds Murthy's application approved and gives it to him at his house. He discovers that Murthy is the robber and boss by connecting the murder of the gun seller to his son's allegation that the application was approved and that Murthy donated the money to the family.
Murthy kills Guna in a bank and throws away the money. Murthy returns home to police encirclement. SATHYA flees with his gun when Pandian kidnaps Murthy's grandchild. Murthy shot Pandian and Sathya killed him in self-defense, the investigating board learns. Job restored for Sathya.