'' 1991 : Anbu , Carrom , & Padma '' Anbu is a skilled carrom player , and Siva often gets him to play bet matches for him . On the night Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated , the entire hamlet where Anbu lives loots nearby shops and makes away with various goods . A masked girl steals a sewing machine from Anbu , but he lets her go . The next morning , local cops , along with Thambi , come to recover the stolen goods . Despite having his goods returned , the shopkeeper is keen on filing a complaint against Anbu , as Anbu had hit him the previous night , under the pretext of not returning the sewing machine . Anbu , in turn , goes and accosts the girl , Padma ( Aishwarya Rajesh ) , but she refuses to return it . Anbu gets beaten up by the shopkeeper and loses badly in that year ’s carrom tournament . Anbu and Padma begin a relationship , during the course of which Anbu saves Guna from contract killers during a festival . The killers reveal that they are Senthil ’s men , and things only worsen between Guna and Senthil
Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
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