Hear the word ‘Kidnap’ and the mind automatically goes to think about ‘Soodhu Kavvum’? Welcome to the club. Nalan Kumarasamy’s ‘Soodhu Kavvum’ was a fine dark comedy movie which had some stellar performances from all the actors.
The movie revolved around ‘Das’ (played by Vijay Sethupathi) and his gang of boys who kidnap people for a living. Their life changes when they throw the net for a big fish but they themselves get caught in it. They utterly fail when they try to kidnap ‘Arumai Pragasam’ (played by Karunakaran).
In the movie, Karunakaran stages his own kidnap and demands a ransom of 2 crore rupees from his father. A similar incident has taken place for real and has left the police shocked.
A techie residing in West Bengal had lost his Job due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. He had gone out for some bank work recently and hadn’t returned home for a long time. This made his father tensed and after a while, he had gotten a call where the speaker at the other end said that his son has been kidnapped and will only be released if a ransom of 2 Lakh Rupees is paid.
His father immediately rushed to the police station and using the mobile’s location, the caller was traced. The police who went to the location to nab the Kidnapper were in for a shock. The Techie had staged his own kidnap and has reportedly said that he wanted some money and this was the only way his father would pay him. Post this incident, he was arrested by the Police.