King of Kochi) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Johny Antony and written by the Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas duo.
Unni’s return unsettled old wounds, but his parents, determined to sever his ties with violence, sent him to a prestigious law college in Chennai, hoping to redirect his destiny.
Yet, the friction between them soon gave way to an unspoken understanding, and despite the hostilities surrounding them, Meenakshi found herself drawn to Unni’s enigmatic persona.
When Meenakshi’s family learned of her affections for Unni, they sought to formalize their union, visiting his ancestral home with a proposal of marriage.
She belonged to the formidable Karimparakal family, raised under the iron-fisted rule of her uncles, Prabhakaran, Sudhakaran, and Divakaran, men who saw her not as a beloved niece but as a means to consolidate power and wealth.
With her parents deceased, her uncles sought to secure her inheritance by binding her in marriage to her cousin, Prakashan, the eldest son of Prabhakaran.
In the heat of battle, Unni, fighting not just for love but for survival, struck Prakashan down, the fatal blow delivered in an uncontrollable surge of rage and self-preservation.
Blood stained his hands, and justice was swift—arrested and sentenced to five years in prison, Unni was torn from Aswathy’s embrace, their love story left in ruin.
His father, wishing to mend his son’s shattered heart, convinced him that Aswathy had been married off to an NRI in the Gulf, a tale woven to sever the last thread that bound him to her.
The autorickshaw drivers, men who had witnessed their love blossom and wither, rose in defiance of their oppressors, shielding them from harm.
And so, in the heart of chaos, amidst the storm of rage and retribution, Unni and Aswathy defied the chains that sought to bind them, sealing their love in marriage, an unbreakable bond forged in fire and blood.