| Director | NS. Ponkumar |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
The film is set during 1947 and revolves around the lives of people in a village named Sengadu, near Puliyankudi. The village is under the control of a cruel British officer Robert (Richard Ashton) who along with his son Justin (Jason Shah) troubles the local people. Sengadu is known for its high-quality cotton cultivation and the poor local people are made to work hard by Robert under worst conditions. Justin is a womaniser and takes away several girls often from the village. In fact, many villagers conduct honour killing to safeguard their women when Justin sets an eye on them. Paraman (Gautham Karthik) belongs to Sengadu, but is closely associated with the local Zamindar (Madhusudhan Rao). The Zamindar is hated by the villagers as he is of no help and he just obeys the orders of Robert in order to hold his wealth and power. Paraman has a hatred towards the villagers because he believes that the villagers are responsible for his mother’s death as no one came forward to help her save from the Britishers several years ago which led to her suicide.
Zamindar has a daughter Thenmalli (Revathy Sharma) who happens to be a good friend of Paraman. However, Thenmalli is always confined inside Zamindar’s palace and no one in the village knows about the existence of Thenmalli except Paraman. This is in order to prevent Thenmalli from being abducted by Justin or other British officers. Paraman has a love towards Thenmalli but does not inform her. Zamindar plans to get Thenmalli married to another nearby Zamindar’s son. Knowing this, Paraman decides to hide his feelings within himself. In the meantime, India is granted independence by the British and Robert has been called for a meeting at a nearby place by his senior officers. However, Robert makes sure that the villagers are not aware of the news on independence as he wants to leave the village with the power and respect.
Justin finds Thenmalli in Zamindar’s house and wants to sleep with her. As Zamindar has no other option, he decides to kill Thenmalli to protect their family honour. However, Paraman arrives and saves Thenmalli. He also kills Justin and hides his dead body in the forest. Paraman takes Thenmalli to his village and everyone gets shocked knowing that Zamindar had a daughter hidden all these years. As the villagers are not aware about the independence, they fear that Robert would kill them all upon his return. Thenmalli understands that Paraman is in love with her since childhood and reciprocates the feelings. Paraman’s perception about the villagers change as he understands that the villagers have a deep regret for not saving Paraman’s mother previously and they worship her as a deity.
Robert gets the news about Justin and returns to Sengadu furiously with plans of killing everyone. Robert kills Zamindar and a few other villagers. However, Paraman fights Robert with the help of villagers and Robert is killed. Meanwhile, they also get the news about independence, and everyone feels happy.