Badlapur (2015)

In the pulsating heart of Badlapur, a veil of happiness is brutally shattered when Raghu, a content young man, loses his wife and son in a ruthless bank heist. The once joyous life he led is now a distant mirage, replaced by a void filled with a relentless thirst for vengeance. Two suspects emerge from the shadows of this grisly crime, one vanishing with the blood-soaked money, the other cornered and condemned to two decades behind bars. Years morph into a decade and a half, and the imprisoned culprit, now stricken with cancer, sees his life dwindling away. He seeks Raghu's mercy, pleading for an early release to breathe his last in freedom. Intrigued, Raghu considers this proposition, but his forgiveness carries a heavy price: the identity of the accomplice who slipped through the system and vanished into thin air. The narrative unfurls as Raghu embarks on a relentless pursuit for the elusive phantom who marred his life. As he teeters on the edge of obsession, the lines between justice and revenge blur, transforming him into a mirror image of the monsters he loathes. Will Raghu's fifteen-year-old quest for retribution bear fruit? Or will the quest itself transform him into the very demon he seeks to destroy? Badlapur is a thrilling saga that explores the depths of human emotion and the devastating consequences of vengeance, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats, questioning their own perceptions of justice and morality.

Badlapur is an action movie featuring Varun Dhawan and directed by Sriram Raghavan.

Badlapur is currently streaming for free (ad-supported) on Kanopy and it's also available on Eros Now.