Meet Dr Daniel James (Mammootty), a tech whiz and the government’s head science officer. Daniel is enlisted by top minister Nalini Ramakrishnan (Revathy) to investigate the shady practices and unstoppable rise of crooked fellow minister JP Sundaram, aka JPS (Rajiv Menon), and his business tycoon son, Shakthi Sundaram. Shakthi is played by Fahadh Faasil, seen here as a frantic, barking, one-note villain.
Anyway, JPS and his son Shakthi are using a new software called Periscope as a tool of mass surveillance. This includes, but is not limited to, discrediting and maligning women who have accused JPS of sexual harassment, framing and/or assassinating whistleblowers, and rounding up people who speak out against the government.
After Nalini dies under mysterious circumstances, Daniel is on his own and on the run. He flees to London and sets up shop as a YouTuber—a Dhruv Rathee–meets–Edward Snowden–type “vlogger” whistleblower who speaks truth to power, far from the clutches of a government that wants his head.
