Mohanlal and Shobana starrer, Thudarum has been the talk of the town for some time now. For the unversed, the film has been a reunion after 15 years for the duo, as they were last seen in the film, Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded in 2009. Thudarum was released on April 25, 2025, and was directed by Tharun Moorthy. The start of the crime thriller will look just like an ordinary family drama, but as the story advances, you will get a cold-blooded murder and revenge following the same.
Before diving deep into Thudarum’s storyline, let’s meet the cast. Mohanlal essayed the role of ‘Shanmugham’, a.k.a ‘Benz’, while Shobana played the role of ‘Lalitha,’ ‘Shanmugham’s’ wife. In the film, Thomas Mathew was seen playing the role of ‘Pavi’, Mohanlal’s son. Prakash Varma and Binu Pappu essayed the roles of police officers ‘CI George Mathan’ and ‘SI Benny’ in the film. Now, without further ado, let’s learn about the ending of Thudarum.
Mohanlal a.k.a ‘Shanmugham’s’ love for Ambassador car
The film starts just like a family drama, where the bonding between the characters is established, and their inner chemistry is also shown. Mohanlal’s character, ‘Shanmugham’, a.k.a ‘Benz’, is a taxi driver and is a family man who loves his family a lot. Apart from his family, he also loves a car, Ambassador Mark 1. Till the interval of the film, the scenes centre around Mohanlal and his love for the Ambassador car, earned him the name ‘Benz.’
Everything was going well in the film until the cops, Prakash Varma, a.k.a. ‘CI George Mathan’ and Binu Pappu, a.k.a. ‘SI Benny,’ seized ‘Benz’s’ car. The car was at a repair shop as ‘Pavi,’ and his friends got it crashed accidentally. The cops seized ‘Benz’s’ car as they found drugs in his car. For the unversed, the repair shop from where the car was seized belonged to ‘Benz’s’ friend, and his assistant used the car to smuggle drugs.
But the real truth behind keeping the car confiscated at the police station was way more than mere narcotics, and was kept under wraps by cops, ‘CI George Mathan’ and ‘SI Benny’. ‘Benz’ pleads to ‘SI Benny,’ an arrogant police officer and spends several hours at the police station. Then, when ‘CI George Mathan’ made his entry as a seemingly well-behaved police officer, he agreed to release ‘Benz’s’ car with a condition. Before agreeing to return back the car, the two cops had a brief discussion.
‘Benz’ helps the corrupt police officers bury his son, ‘Pavi’, unknowingly
The condition for returning the car was that ‘Benz’ had to give the police officers and constable ‘Sudeesh’ a ride to the latter’s sister’s house for a celebration. ‘Benz,’ who was eager to get back his car, agreed to the conditions they proposed. After wasting a good amount of time at ‘Sudeesh’s’ sister’s house, ‘George’ tells ‘Benz’ to take them to a farmhouse so that they can continue the celebration. Although, a bit hesitant initially, he agreed to them after being cornered.
They reach a deep forest, and there, ‘Benz’ learns the horrifying truth of a man’s murder who is ‘Sudeesh’s’ sister’s ex-boyfriend. The dead body was hidden in ‘Benz’s’ car. The cops dumped the corpse, while ‘Benz’ watched them. Little did he know that the cops tricked him, and it was his son, ‘Pavi’s’ dead body, who went missing a few days back before the incident.
‘Benz’ learns about ‘Pavi’s’ death and starts the investigation on his own
The next morning, when ‘Benz’ comes back home after the horrific incident last night, he discovers that the corpse is his son, ‘Pavi’s’ dead body. While cleaning his car, ‘Benz’ discovers the dead man’s wallet that had fallen in his garden, and to his utter shock, it was ‘Pavi’s’ wallet. In order to know the truth behind his unusual death, ‘Benz’ decides to unveil the mystery. He kidnaps ‘Sudeesh,’ who doesn’t know the reason behind ‘Pavi’s’ murder. Meanwhile, a landslide occurs, and forensics confirm that it was ‘Pavi’s’ dead body.
To cover their committed crime, ‘George’ and ‘Benny’ frame another lie that ‘Benz’ has murdered his son, ‘Pavi,’ as the latter tried to molest his half-sister. That’s when the fact gets disclosed that ‘Pavi’ was not the biological son of ‘Benz.’ In fact, ‘SI Benny’ takes ‘Lalitha’ and ‘Pavi’s’ half-sister into custody so that they support the false narrative. Later, ‘Benz’ is taken into custody, from where he escapes and kills ‘SI Benny’. He then threatened ‘George’ through a call that he would go after his daughter, ‘Mary.’
Thudarum’s ending
After ‘George’ reaches the spot to save his daughter, he finds ‘Benz’ with ‘Benny’s’ dead body. Being a stuntman, ‘Benz’ attacked ‘George’ and enquired about his son’s death. ‘George’ reveals that he found ‘Pavi’ romantically involved with his daughter, which harmed his family’s reputation, and he consequently killed him in custody. Hearing the truth, ‘Benz’ killed ‘George’ by suffocating him with a plastic bag.
Following ‘George’s’ death, ‘Benz’ was arrested and produced in court. Where he admits to killing the accused who killed his son. He was arrested on the false charges of killing his son. On the other side, ‘George’s’ daughter, ‘Mary,’ was seen attending ‘Pavi’s’ funeral.
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