Now, Singaravelu’s great-grandson, the ruthless politician Aadhi, lives in the neighboring mansion. He plans to demolish the agraharam to build a mall. Kanchana cannot kill him directly—she needs a living descendant of her own guru lineage to play the final stanza. That descendant is Shakthi.

Through terrifying yet poignant flashbacks, Shakthi learns:

Shakthi (28) is a lovable pushover. He works as a junior sound engineer in a failing Chennai studio. He’s terrified of horror movies, hates confrontation, and still lives with his overprotective mother. His only escape is playing his grandmother’s old veena —badly, but with passion.

The ghost reveals herself partially: a young woman in a blood-stained 19th-century dancer’s costume, one hand missing fingers, the other holding a broken tambura . Her name is Kanchana. She doesn’t want to scare him—she wants him to complete her song .