Maharaja ending explained: What was Maharaja looking for? What happens to Selvam? Did he kill him?

Vijay Sethupathi has once again spread the magic of his impeccable acting on the screens in his 50th film Maharaja, which has become the talk of the town after its OTT release. Directed by Nithilan Saminathan, the movie also stars Anurag Kashyap in a lead role. The ending of the film leaves everyone bowled over. If you have watched the movie too, here's everything you need to know about the mind-blowing ending.

Maharaja ending explained

Did the thieves steal his dustbin?

Maharaja narrates the story of a father who has lost his wife in an accident when a truck rams into a house. While his wife couldn't survive, his daughter Jyothi, a newborn survives, as a dustbin falls onto her. Maharaja makes sure that his daughter gets all the love and even starts worshipping the dustbin that he named Lakshmi.

His life however takes a turn when three men enter his house and steal the dustin away - not the jewelry, not the cash, but Lakshi is now missing. He goes to the Police station to file a complaint. Initially, the police dismisses him. Why would anyone file a complaint about a stolen dustbin. However, when he offers Rs 7 lakhs in reward, the Police starts the investigation. The Police creates a replica of the dustbin and decide to get the reward. As they investigate the case, they suspect he is hiding something deeper.

What was Maharaja looking for?

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Later, it is revealed that his daughter Jyothi was sexually assaulted by Selvam and his accomplices on the night of the incident. During the investigation, the Police found out that Selvam (Anurag Kashyap) and Sabari (Vinod Sagar) used to commit crimes such as robbery, molestation, and rape. However, they couldn't find the real perpetrators. Meanwhile, Maharaja had traced down Dhana, one of the perpetrators and killed him. The Police ask Nallasivam (Singampuli) to pretend to be the thief and face Maharaja. As he starts narrating the fake story, Maharaja realises he is the one who assaulted his daughter.

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Inspector Varadharajan (Natarajan Subramaniam) later reveals that he knew Nallasivam had committed the crime and he was giving liberty to the father to do anything with him. Maharaja then kills Nallasivam, and the Police make sure that nobody gets to know about it.

Did Maharaja kill Selvam?

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There was another twist in the climax sequence. It is revealed that not Maharaja's daughter was killed in a truck crash, and Selvam's daughter had survived. It was Selvam's home they had visited. So Selvam was trying to take revenge from Maharaja for ruining his life but he ended up getting his own daughter physically abused by allowing Nellasivam to rape her multiple times. As Selvam realises this, he takes his own life by bumping off the building. Will Maharaja ever tell Jyothi that he isn't his biological father?

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