Leo

Storyline

Lokesh Kanagaraj's 2023 action juggernaut Leo, starring Thalapathy Vijay, achieved one of the biggest opening weekends in Indian cinema history, grossing over ₹620 crore worldwide. Inspired by David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, the film centers on Parthi (Vijay), a gentle, mild-mannered animal rescuer and coffee shop owner living a peaceful, snow-covered life in Theog, Himachal Pradesh, with his beloved wife Sathya (Trisha Krishnan) and their two children. When Parthi heroically neutralizes a band of bloodthirsty robbers in his cafe to protect his daughter, his face is plastered across national newspapers. The publicity catches the attention of vicious drug lords Antony Das (Sanjay Dutt) and Harold Das (Arjun Sarja), who believe Parthi is actually Leo Das—Antony's estranged, presumed-dead son and an unstoppable, homicidal cartel enforcer who vanished after burning down their tobacco-narcotics empire. Despite Parthi's desperate, tearful insistence that he is merely a peaceful family man, the Das brothers unleash ruthless violence upon his family, forcing Parthi to unleash his hidden, devastating inner beast. Featuring Anirudh Ravichander's heart-pumping score, Leo cemented Vijay's supreme box office stature.