Puthiya Karukkal is a 1989 Indian Malayalam action thriller film, directed and produced by Thampi Kannanthanam.
He starts stalking Sridevi at their estate and bungalow and is bent on killing her, claiming that they were former lovers and she cheated her to marry the rich old man when he got arrested for trying to protect her modesty.
Varma who notices the fear and mood swings in Sridevi brings over Dr. Kurian to check her, but she insists that she's alright.
As it nears midnight, Vinod sneaks inside the bungalow to see Sridevi, but in a sudden turn of events Dr. Kurian shoots Udaya Varma to death.
Jagadeesh reopens the investigation on Varma's death with the police, naming Vinod as the prime suspect, at the same time trying to approach Sridevi with ill intentions.
The police eventually confirm Vinod's presence on the premises with the help of Varma's servant Rajappan and arrests him.
As they try to escape through the woods, they are pushed to their death in the canyon by Jagadeesh which was witnessed by Dr. Thomas's head nurse daughter.