馬利是個人見人怕的流氓，他以勒索和捉弄村民為樂。希里全家剛搬到這個村莊，剛開始非常厭惡馬利的行為。                                   　　某次希里被其他流氓欺負時，馬利救了她。希里開始覺得馬利不是她想像的那麼壞,，兩人愈來愈親近。但馬利向希里告白，卻被拒絕了。                                   　　阿俊警官是新上任的副督察，,聽聞馬利曾犯下謀殺案，但案子卻被草草了結，阿俊想查明真相，逮捕馬利歸案。                                   　　馬利真的是個壞人嗎?希里對馬利的好有什麼陰謀嗎?阿俊警官真的如此正義嗎?一切答案尽在《流氓归来》中。                                   　　Maari(Dhanush)isalocaldon.Accordingtopopularhearsay-eightyearsback,Maarihadmurderedanotherpowerfulgooninthatareaafterwhichhetookoveraslocaldon.WhenArjun(VijayYesudas),acunningcopgetstransferredtothearea,hetriestocollectenoughprooftoputMaaribehindthebarswiththehelpofSridevi(Kajal)whohasherownreasonstohatethedon.Now,Maarithegoonwithalargeheartreturnsfromjail,onlytorealizethathisareaisnowunderthecontrolofArjun.Whathappensnext?