电影讲述农场工人Narsimha急需要一笔钱作为孩子的教育开支。他在无意中遇见了一个纳萨尔派团伙，并且只要他入伙完成一个武装任务就可以拿到他所需要的钱。但不久Narsimha就发现，这个团伙的目的竟然就是经过军事训练后，手持军火器械进行烧杀抢掳。Narsimha妄图逃脱这种罪恶的生活，不过一旦他重返现实生活也还将受到法律制裁。

While delivering food in a forest area in Andhra Pradesh, impoverished Narasimha is held against his will by a band of Naxalites led by Velu, and forced to join them. He is anxious to collect his dues and return home to his wife, Uma; daughter, Chinna; and son, Mohan, but Velu keeps on putting it off. Narasimha gets to know and sympathize with members of this band, and befriends Lakshmi, who was gang-raped by several policemen. He is then asked to prove his loyalty by killing an informant/plainclothes police inspector - which he does - and even accompanies the band on an assault on a school, resulting in the death of some children. Traumatized after this incident, he decides to flee - and it is this decision that will not only estrange him from his family but also force him to be on the run from the band as well as the police.