Actor Karthi’s latest action thriller Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru revolves around a gritty police operation plot, that has been revealed to be based on a real-life operations of the Tamil Nadu police that led to the elimination of two members of the deadly Bawaria criminal tribes in Uttar Pradesh, as well as the arrest of others more than a decade ago.

'Operation Bawaria' was launched  in 2005 after the murder of AIADMK Gummidipoondi MLA Sudarsanam, and as a response to armed dacoits causing chaos in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The Bawarias were Oma, Ashok, Bsura and Vijay. The quarter and their associates also played a hand in the murder of Congress leader Thalamuthu Natarajan in Salem and DMK leader Gajendran among others.