Jaat is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Gopichand Malineni (in his Hindi film debut), and produced by Mythri Movie Makers and People Media Factory.[7][8] The film stars Sunny Deol, Randeep Hooda and Regina Cassandra in lead roles alongside Saiyami Kher, Jagapathi Babu, Ramya Krishnan, Vineet Kumar Singh, Prashant Bajaj, Zarina Wahab, P. Ravi Shankar and Babloo Prithiveeraj.[9] The film follows a mysterious passenger whose obsessive demand for an apology brings him face-to-face with a ruthless labourer-turned-crime boss, resulting in a battle between the two.
Principal photography commenced in June 2024 and was extensively filmed across Hyderabad, Bapatla and Visakhapatnam.[10] The film's music was composed by S. Thaman, while cinematography and editing were handled by Rishi Punjabi and Naveen Nooli respectively. Jaat was theatrically released on 10 April 2025 and emerged a commercial success.[11] It is among the highest grossing Hindi films of 2025.
Plot
In 2009, the Jaffana Tiger Force (JTF) rule ends in Sri Lanka. Ranatunga, a labourer, discovers gold left behind by the JTF. The Sri Lankan army tries to stop him from retaining it, only to be ruthlessly killed by Ranatunga and his men. They arrive in Andhra Pradesh, India, and bribe the police with some of the gold to become Indian citizens. Soon, Ranatunga establishes a criminal empire in and around the village of Motupalli, with the authorities fearing to take action against him. When SI Vijaya Lakshmi goes to arrest Ranatunga, his wife, Bharathi, gets her and her fellow police officers molested and imprisoned in her mansion. On the other hand, the President of India receives a letter and a box full of severed thumbs demanding protection from Ranatunga. She sends CBI officer Sathya Moorthy to the village to investigate the case.
In the present day, a mysterious passenger is on his way from Chennai, Tamil Nadu to Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh by train, but the train stops at a village in Chirala, Andhra Pradesh due to an accident ahead. He leaves his train to have a meal at a roadside eatery, where some ruffians arrive and his meal falls down. Demanding an apology, he beats them up and they reveal themselves to be the men of Ram Subba Reddy, a local politician. The passenger goes and beats Ram Subba Reddy and demands an apology; the latter threatens him and reveals that a local man named Somulu is like his brother. The passenger then finds and beats Somulu, who threatens him by taking the name of his elder brother, Ranatunga. The passenger receives his apology from Ranatunga, who sees this as a petty issue and does not wish to drag it further. Just when the satisfied passenger is about to leave, he realizes something strange, He was able to recall female cops who have been molested and imprisoned there. He frees them and beats up Ranatunga's men before taking the female police officers away.
Ranatunga sends his men after the passenger and the female cops, and in the ensuing chase, one of the police officer is stabbed and dies. Then, from an old woman who lives in the village, the passenger learns about Ranatunga's evil deeds, and how he killed innocent men, with full support from the local corrupt police officers, including the Chief Inspector C.H. Sunil Kumar. The passenger vows to kill Ranatunga and first returns to the police station where he is captured by Sunil and held shackled until Somulu arrives to kill him. One of the prisoner recognizes him as the "Bulldozer", who infiltrated Dhaka Central Jail in Bangladesh and eliminated criminals.
The passenger is awakened with the help of drugs, and he, with the help of Lakshmi and other female cops, executes Sunil and each police officials including Somulu. On the other hand, Sathya Moorthy discovers that Ranatunga is none other than international terrorist Muthuvel Karikalan, the former Deputy Commander of the Jaffna Tiger Force (JTF). When Sathya Moorthy demands support to capture Ranatunga, the passenger, revealed to be Baldev Pratap Singh of the Jat Regiment, is enlisted for the task. He arrives at the spot where the villagers are captured and fighting off Ranatunga's men, kills him as well. On the other hand, Bharathi commits suicide to avoid arrest in front of Vijaya Lakshmi and the other police officers. Satya Moorthy informs the President that the task is complete, while Baldev departs in an army helicopter with a promise that he will return again if trouble should arise.
Cast
- Sunny Deol as Brig. Baldev Pratap Singh (Jat Regiment)
- Randeep Hooda as Ranatunga / Muthuvel Karikalan, Deputy Commander of Jaffna Tiger Force (JTF)
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