Leo Movie Story

Summarise:

A drug cartel approaches Parthiban, a poite café owner in Kashmir, claiming he used to be one of them, after he repels a group of vicious goons.

Story:

Parthiban, also referred to as Parthi, owns a café and rescues animals. He lives a tranquil life in Kashmir with his wife Sathya, son Siddharth, and daughter Mathi. He shows off his physical prowess by taking down a hyena that broke into a school. Parthi and his family enjoy very cordial and close connections with Joshi, an official in the forest department and another Tamil in Kashmir, and his wife Priya.

A band of thieves starts murdering people in Parthi's hometown. Inspired by a café employee at Parthi's shop, one of the murderers, who has fantasies of killing women, plans to raid the store. As things get hot, Parthi is forced to execute the robbers who were attempting to harm his daughter and a café employee. When his amazing gun handling abilities are shown, people start to suspect him. Joshi is able to show that Parthi killed to protect his family and persuade the lawyer to dismiss the case on the grounds of self-defense, despite the fact that he is found guilty of murder.

Members of 'Das and Co', a tobacco factory owned by brothers Antony and Harold Das, take notice of Parthi's valiant actions and garner national attention. They assume that Parthi is Antony's deceased son 'Leo Das'. Traumatised by everything that has happened, Parthi keeps his family and himself inside their home in an attempt to stay safe. He gets brave enough to go shopping at the market despite Priya's persistent pestering.

'Das and Co', the tobacco manufacturer controlled by brothers Antony and Harold Das, notices Parthi's heroic deeds and becomes nationally recognised. They believe Parthi to be 'Leo Das,' the late son of Antony. Traumatised by everything that has transpired, Parthi tries to stay secure by limiting his family's access to their house. Despite Priya's constant nagging, he musters the courage to go market shopping.

In the meantime, Parthi's coffeehouse is visited by Antony and his group. Parthi adamantly refuses to acknowledge that he is, in fact, Leo, despite their persistent nagging. Sathya, Antony's wife, gradually begins to have doubts about her husband after he plants a doubt in her. Inquiring about Leo, Joshi goes to a prison to talk with a prisoner who was a part of "Das and Co." and who says he knows Leo quite well.

He discloses that Leo and Elisa Das, Antony's twin children, handled all the administrative duties associated with their illicit narcotics trade. Antony firmly believed in the practice of human sacrifice. An astrologer recommended that in order to grow and scale their business even further, he kill someone with a particular horoscope that matches only two people—his own children. He makes the decision to sacrifice Elisa, but their warehouse is set on fire by an infuriated Leo. After killing Elisa, Antony thinks he has murdered Leo. Joshi affirms that Leo cannot be Parthi after learning about him because the two of them are very different from one another.

He gets a call from Agent Vikram of The Black Squad, who wants to add him to their team that fights to rid our society of drugs, when he returns home to his family.

Leo Wikipedia:

Directed by:
Lokesh Kanagaraj

Written by:
Lokesh Kanagaraj
Rathna Kumar
Deeraj Vaidy

Based on:
A History of Violence
by David Cronenberg

Produced by:
S. S. Lalit Kumar
Jagadish Palanisamy

Starring:
Vijay
Sanjay Dutt
Arjun Sarja
Trisha

Cinematography:
Manoj Paramahamsa

Edited by:
Philomin Raj

Music by:
Anirudh Ravichander

Production:
company
Seven Screen Studio

Release date:
19 October 2023

Running time:
164 minutes

Country:
India

Language:
Tamil

Budget:
₹250–300 crore

Box office:
est. ₹595–615 crore