Shakthi (28) is a lovable pushover. He works as a junior sound engineer in a failing Chennai studio. He’s terrified of horror movies, hates confrontation, and still lives with his overprotective mother. His only escape is playing his grandmother’s old veena —badly, but with passion.
In 1887, Kanchana was a prodigy—a devadasi (court musician) blessed by the king, but enslaved to a powerful landlord, Zamindar Singaravelu. He desired her; she rejected him. In vengeance, he cut off the fingers of her right hand so she could never play again. Before dying, she sang a "curse song"—a ragam that, if completed, would bring ruin upon his bloodline. But she died before the final stanza. kanchana tamil movie
His life changes when his mother inherits a sprawling, crumbling agraharam (traditional Brahmin house) in the village of Tiruvaiyaru, famous for its river and musical heritage. Desperate to sell it, Shakthi moves in temporarily. The villagers warn him: “Don’t stay after sunset. Kanchana walks.” Shakthi (28) is a lovable pushover
Now, Singaravelu’s great-grandson, the ruthless politician Aadhi, lives in the neighboring mansion. He plans to demolish the agraharam to build a mall. Kanchana cannot kill him directly—she needs a living descendant of her own guru lineage to play the final stanza. That descendant is Shakthi. His only escape is playing his grandmother’s old
In the final shot, he plays the veena on stage. For a split second, a shadow dances behind him—a woman’s shadow, clapping, with all ten fingers.