Avant Dreams

Joseph is haunted by a dark stranger while he struggles with his guilt in a battle with his memories and remorse.

திருட்டு தம் follows a boy sneaking a smoke in the bathroom while his strict father sleeps. When his father knocks, he panics, trying to flush the cigarette bud, but it keeps on floating. In desperation, he grabs it with his hand and exits, only for his father to enter. In the final frame, smoke escapes the bathroom fan, revealing the father is also secretly smoking.

A conversation between a stranger and a bystander unfolds in a bustling Chennai train, past and present collide, and actions ripple through lives.