Chennai Express

Rahul Mithaiwala, a rich bachelor, lives in Mumbai with his paternal grandparents. Rahul's grandfather Y. Y. Mithaiwala is a businessman and owner of a chain of confectionery shops. Before Y. Y.'s 100th-birthday celebration, Rahul's friends Bobby and Baman invite him to a vacation in Goa, which he accepts. Meanwhile, Y. Y. dies on the eve of the celebration when he witnesses Sachin Tendulkar on TV in a cricket match get dismissed on his 99th run. After Y. Y.'s funeral, Rahul's grandmother Neetu tells Rahul that Y. Y. wanted his ashes to be divided into two parts—one part to be immersed in the Ganga, and the other in Rameswaram. Rahul reluctantly accepts her request, but is also eager to visit Goa. Rahul, Bobby and Baman plan to dump the ashes in Goa, but Neetu wants to see him off, forcing Rahul to travel by train. Rahul books a single ticket on the Chennai Express, planning to meet Bobby and Baman along the way, at Kalyan Junction station. However, Rahul forgets to take the ashes while alighting, where he almost misses the train when he returns to collect them. Rahul tries to flirt with a young woman named Meenalochni "Meenamma" Azhagusundaram, who starts communicating by singing parodies of Hindi film songs, and explains that her four men are trying to kidnap her. Rahul lends her his phone so that she can contact her friends, but the men with her grab it and throw it off the train. Meenamma takes Rahul to her father Durgeshwara "Durgesh" Azhagusundaram, a powerful mafia kingpin and landlord in Tamil Nadu, and introduces Rahul as her lover. Rahul and Meenamma get married and, along with a fake couple, travel to Rameswaram to fulfill the last wish of Rahul's grandfather. Along the way, Rahul and Meenamma realize they have fallen in love with each other.