Shakthi Thirumagan
Shakthi Thirumagan is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language political action thriller film written and directed by Arun Prabu, starring Vijay Antony in the lead role, alongside Sunil Kripalani, Trupthi Ravindra, Krish Hassan, Vagai Chandrasekhar, Cell Murugan and others in supporting roles. The film is scored and produced by Antony himself under his Vijay Antony Film Corporation banner. Shakthi Thirumagan was released in theatres on 19 September 2025.
Plot
In 1989, an influential government lobby agent Abhyankkar Srinivasa Swamy pressures authorities to cover up the rape and murder of a tribal woman due to his ties with the perpetrators, and her baby, Kittu is abandoned near a garbage dump. Currently, Kittu is a lobby agent and mediator with the Tamil Nadu government, who leverages his connections to oust a TNHRCE Minister from his post after the Minister's PA accepts a bribe of from a man for a job transfer. Kittu uses the money earned from such dealings to help those in need. Abhyankkar is now an international lobby agent, under whom Kittu is working. Abhyankkar's sister's husband, Rajagopal is a school principal and paedophile, who was responsible for a colleague's child's death and had used his influence to conceal the child's death as a suicide. Seeking revenge, Kittu bails out a young convict and has Rajagopal killed. Kittu meets Vembu, a social activist, and falls in love with her, and they soon get married.Central Minister Latha's nephew and PA, Venkatamoorthy, approaches Kittu for help in acquiring Latha's 300-crore land and an 800-crore Japan project on that land, since Venkatamoorthy is constantly humiliated by Latha. Kittu strategises and travels to Thanjavur to instigate the local MLA Sudharsanam against the project. Sudharsanam files a case citing environmental hazards, which earns him the ire of his party superiors. Kittu manipulates Venkatamoorthy into murdering Sudharsanam with the help of Sudharsanam's aide, Kathir. A panicked Latha seeks Abhyankkar's help, who advises Latha to transfer the land to Venkatamoorthy, as planned by Kittu, since Latha trusts only him. Latha becomes suspicious of the events unfolding around her, particularly Sudharsanam's murder and the forced transfer of her land. Following Abhyankkar's advice, Latha halts the Japan project to salvage her political image, causing the land value to plummet. As a result, Kittu is forced to refund his fees to Venkatamoorthy.
Abhyankkar discovers Kittu's involvement in manipulating Latha's land, and in the murders of Rajagopal and MLA Sudharsanam. Abhyankkar summons Ram Pandey from the Delhi Task Force to investigate Kittu's dealings and retrieve the money, but Kittu manages to escape. The investigation has uncovered evidence of approximately in cash, allegedly earned as brokerage. Kittu, his assistant Maaran, and his wife Vembu are eventually nabbed and tortured for information about the money. However, they refuse to disclose any information. As the investigation progresses, hundreds of crores of unaccounted money that were transferred via small banks from Kittu for various philanthropic purposes, such as providing financial assistance to farmers, fishermen and economically backward students are revealed. Ram Pandey begins to look deeper into Kittu's background, but his past remains unrevealed.
In 1989, Subbiah, a Periyarist, rescued the infant Kittu from a dumpyard in Mayiladuthurai and raised him, instilling social progressive and reformist values against superstitions. As Kittu grew older, he learned about his mother's rape and murder, with Abhyankkar being the mastermind. Subbiah motivated Kittu to do good for people and seek justice for his mother's death. Years passed, and in 1995, Subbiah died due to torture in police custody. With the help of villagers, Kittu moved to Madras and started working in the MLA Hostel and later in Abhyankkar's house.
Back in the present, six months have passed since the investigation into Kittu's dealings began, and the police are still unable to find any clue. However, a breakthrough comes when Ram Pandey's team retrieves from a dumpyard, stored in suitcases. After Kittu get tortured while in custody under the instructions of Abhyankkar, the court grants Kittu and Maaran with a conditional bail, but they have to run from court to court, attending multiple cases filed across the state. Despite most of the money being confiscated, Ram Pandey and his team suspect that there's more to Kittu's story that's yet to be revealed, and they keep him under constant surveillance. However, Kittu remains determined to do good for the people and expose Abhyankkar's true face as someone like Abhyankkar, who is cunning, casteist, and contemptuous of the poor, should not hold such a high position. Abhyankkar is revealed to have around 27 groups of institutions under his control and is playing tactical games to become the President of India, with the ruling party's support. Kittu manages to evade the surveillance team and sells his NFT cryptopunk 7435 for a staggering 23.7 million dollars at an auction. Kittu hires three associates and begins to disrupt Abhyankkar's factories using malware attacks and bombs. He also exposes Abhyankkar's cattle smuggling operation, and a raid is orchestrated at Abhyankkar's place.
Kittu asks Raja to ensure his pregnant wife Vembu's safe transportation to Nellore. Meanwhile, Abhyankkar pressures Latha to guarantee his support for his presidential candidature, prompting Latha to order Ram Pandey to arrest Kittu without a warrant. Kittu resists the police and escapes with Maaran. Nandhini, an escort aiding Kittu, sedates one of India's richest men, Feroze's son, and blackmails him to withdraw his support for Abhyankkar's presidential bid. Kittu, masked and anonymous, shares data about scams and corruption, highlighting the country's issues and loopholes exploited by individuals like Abhyankkar. Ram Pandey and the police track Kittu's location to an underground bunker in Red Hills, where he's streaming the live video, but struggle to break in. Using Kittu's evidence, Abhyankkar loses his presidential candidature, and other corrupt officials' scams are exposed. Kittu demands Abhyankkar's presence in exchange for Feroze's son's release. After an argument, Kittu kills Abhyankkar, and the military breaks into the bunker, only to find Kittu missing.
Meanwhile, Vembu has given birth to a baby. Maaran meets the district collector of their ideology and hands over the bank account to continue helping the needy. The film ends with Vembu and the newborn baby missing, but money is left for the woman who took care of them, indicating that Kittu has reunited with his family and chosen to remain hidden, evading the authorities.