After her mother's heartbreaking demise, 11 year old Nandhana disrupts the final mourning day rituals by running away with the 'bali pindam', putting on hold the final duty of a child as part of the Hindu traditions. Her cousin, Amit, tries to understand her pain and help her go through this hard...
History repeats itself. Om and Subayya are beyond reconcile, as their maddened autocratic ways are obstructed by a group of rebels they are left to decide on how they want to solve this problem, leading to a tragic recreation of the past.
