Turbo” is a 2024 film written by Midhun Manuel Thomas and helmed by Vysakh. It stars Mammootty as Turbo Jose, Raj B. Shetty as Vetrivel Shanmugha Sundaram, Sunil as Auto Billa, and many more. The film revolves around a kindhearted villager named Jose, who finds himself in the crosshairs of a crime syndicate after getting entangled in his friend’s love affair.
“Turbo” opens on the night of Diwali, and we witness a chilling scene. Three men from a tire company visit Ammu’s house looking for her husband, Venky. However, soon, it is revealed that the men are actually hard-boiled criminals looking to kill Venki. In the minutes that follow, the criminals kill both Venki and his wife Ammu while their son watches in horror.
Turbo (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:
How does Jose get entangled with Indu & her family?
Jose is the village’s infamous jeep driver, known far and wide as “Turbo Jose”—a nickname he has earned thanks to his fiery temper and knack for throwing punches at anyone whose ideas rub him the wrong way. With an eagerly anticipated festival just around the corner, Jose’s excitement is through the roof. But the villagers, well aware of his explosive attitude, hatch a plan to keep the peace. They ask Jose’s mother to send him to Kodaikanal to avoid any brawls with Sabu and his goons. On the day of the festival, Sabu and his crew arrive at the festival.
They are itching for trouble, as the one guy who could stop them is miles away. Unfortunately for them, Jose comes back and beats them to the pulp. By the time he’s done, Sabu’s men are left battered and bruised. The festival grounds look like exactly what villagers were trying to avoid. Jose discovers that Sabu’s crew crashed the festival to beat Jerry, Jose’s best friend, who’s been secretly in love with a woman named Indu. To help his friend, Jose takes matters into his own hands. Jose storms into Indu’s family home and roughs up her relatives. He kidnaps Indu so that she and Jerry can tie the knot.
When Indu and Jose show up at Jerry’s doorsteps, he denies ever knowing Indu, probably because Indu belonged to a different religion. This leaves Jose in a tight spot, so he arranges for Indu to catch a bus to Chennai, as she requests. Indu’s family is furious and registers a kidnapping and assault charge on Jose. Now, to stay out of jail, Jose has to bring Indu back to her family. He tracks her down to the bank where she works as a manager and tries to convince her to return home. However, Indu refuses.
Jose’s police friend informs him that returning to the village means walking straight into an arrest. Thus, he asks Jose to leave the grid and lay low in the city. Indu, feeling a bit responsible, helps him land a job as a driver so he can keep his head above water. Jose, being the sharp and fearless guy he is, doesn’t stay in the driver’s seat for long. He quickly impresses his boss, Andrew, by saving him from a dangerous gangster. Grateful and impressed, Andrew promotes Jose to his personal bodyguard. He even allows Jose to stay in his luxury flat. As the weeks pass by, Jose’s kindness wins everyone over, and he also mends the rift between Indu and her family, eliminating any bad blood.
Who is Vetrivel Sundaram? Why did he kill Jerry?
When Jerry got back to the city to resume his role as branch manager, he was told some unsettling news. While he was off enjoying a holiday in his village, a family came by his branch. Ammu and Venkatesh came to get some clarity. They were trying to figure out how a sum of 70 lakh rupees had been transferred out of Ammu’s late father’s account, which had been dormant for years. They filed a complaint but then vanished, never returning or following up on their complaint. What is more disturbing is that the entire transfer was made using Jerry’s own passkey.
Jerry and his colleague Sithu decided to dig deeper, suspecting a technical glitch at first. However, what they found was way more disturbing. Over the past year, a sum of 10-15 crore rupees had been funneled out of various dead or inactive accounts, all using Jerry’s credentials. Jerry can’t shake the feeling that a crime syndicate is behind this elaborate scam and is siphoning money from these dormant accounts. In addition, they must have someone on the inside, someone within the bank, who was helping them pull it off.
When Venkatesh and Ammu filed that complaint, they didn’t know they were unknowingly signing their own death warrants. When the syndicate learned about it, they silenced them to make sure that no one would dig deeper. Behind all of this is Vetrivel Sundaram, the owner of Vetrivel Companies. Under the guise of offering jobs, he and his men would collect copies of people’s identity cards, using them to create fake accounts. Vetrivel isn’t interested in pocket change and uses his dirty money to bribe and manipulate MLAs so he can topple and rule governments. In simple terms, Vetrivel is the kingmaker in Chennai’s political scene.
To the unsuspecting eye, Vetrivel runs a legitimate fishing business. But scratch the surface, and you’d find that his hands are involved in all sorts of illegal activities. Jerry takes his findings to his boss, who seems supportive at first. He urges Jerry to report the incident to the police, but it’s soon uncovered that Jerry’s boss is in cahoots with Vetrivel. Tragically, before Jerry can do anything, Vetrivel’s men get to him. They kill Jerry and stage it to look like a suicide.
What happened to Suthi?
After dealing with Jerry, Vetrivel turns his sights on Indu, suspecting she might know too much about the bank scam. He pulls some strings and gets Indu terminated from her position at the bank. This isn’t enough, and Vetrivel also sends his goons to finish her off. Luckily, Jose shows up on time and saves her. Indu soon meets Sithu, who reveals that Jerry didn’t kill himself and was actually murdered. Sithu then goes on to reveal Vetrivel’s elaborate financial scam, warning that if they don’t act fast, the bank where Indu works could be brought to its knees.
Indu and Jose decide to take their case to the police. However, they quickly realize they’re up against more than just a few bad guys. Vetrivel’s reach extends deep into the force, and he has many corrupt cops under his thumb. These cops try to control the narrative and suggest that maybe it was Jose and Indu who conspired to kill Jerry because he found out about their alleged affair. As the noose tightens, Vetrivel keeps eliminating threats. He arranges for Sithu and her friend to be killed while they’re en route to the airport to make sure Sithu can’t testify in court. Not one to leave loose ends, Vetrivel also orders the cops to take out Jose. Fortunately. Jose and Indu survive another attempt on their life.
Turbo (2024) Movie Ending Explained:
What Happened to Vetrivel Sundaram?
To this day, Vetrivel has looted thousands of crores, with plans to use that dirty cash to bribe MLAs and install his puppet as the next Chief Minister. With his man in the top seat, Vetrivel would be untouchable, running his illegal empire without a care in the world. But he needs to distribute those thousands of crores in cold, hard cash by tomorrow morning, or the MLAs might back out of the deal. So, he’s made massive cash withdrawals and is about to hand over the money by 10 AM. Meanwhile, Jose does everything he can to keep his family safe. He tries to get them far away from Vetrivel’s clutches. But things spiral out of control, and Indu is taken.
Jose has had enough and decides it’s time to bring the fight to Vetrivel and end his reign of terror. Vetrivel thinks he has the upper hand and gives Jose a choice between saving his mother or saving Indu. However, Vetrivel’s biggest flaw is his arrogance. He thinks he can outsmart everyone. Unfortunately, this time, he has severely underestimated Jose. Jose has always been a step ahead and has already sent all the dirt he’d dug up on Vetrivel’s plot to overthrow the government. The Chief Minister doesn’t waste a second. The police were scrambled, and the collaborators were rounded up before they knew what hit them. As for Vetrivel, Jose tracks him and kills him to make sure Vetrivel paid the price for all the lives he’d trampled on for his own ambitions.
Will Turbo (2024) get a sequel?
No doubt about it! Turbo Jose will definitely be back for a sequel, and the final scene says it all. Just when things seem to be settling down, Jose receives a mysterious package and inside is Andrew’s decapitated head. Along with it was a note from an unknown enemy. He warns that Vetrivel was just a small fry in an ocean teeming with bloodthirsty sharks. The message is both clear and threatening. Jose has kicked the hornet’s nest, and the real predators are coming to settle the score.
