The film revolves around the hardships faced by farmers who struggle to make an impact in their lives and to make ends meet. Vel (Dileepan), who hails from Kallakurichi, is not interested in his father's occupation of farming and plans to settle in the US. He borrows money from his girlfriend (Amala Rose Kurian) and goes to Chennai in search for a job. After obtaining a job in a US-based company in Chennai, he comes back to the village and tell his parents about his plans of taking them along with him. However, his father's sudden demise spoils all of his plans, and later, he was compelled and pressured by his mother and girlfriend to take up farming and fulfill his father's dream of turning their land into a fertile one. In this pursuit, he is forced to lock horns with a landlord in his village who has been forcefully asking farmers to surrender their lands to him.[4][5][6]