A four member family from Ayodhya, headed by conservative, religious patriarch, Balram, his wife Janaki, daughter Shivani and son Sonu goes on a spiritual trip to Rameswaram. Things get complicated when Janki dies in an accident and the two kids endures at the hands of their fervently devout father. A Rameswaram localite, friend of the cab driver involved, with his other friend decides to help the family in returning their mother's remains to their homeland, despite all odds.
Ambedkar, a social activist, gets involved in the dark side of the government. As a result, his son and friends are killed. A lower caste individual desires to marry a girl from a higher caste. A woman leaves for Chennai to marry the man of her choice. A man is in need of Rs 20,000 to save his son's life. How these separate stories interact forms the rest of the story.
Gopi, a photographer, and Azhagu, his assistant, get stuck in Mundasupatti, a village where having photographs taken is bad omen. And, Gopi falls for Kalaivani, the village headman's daughter who is about to get married.