The plot of the film is about corruption in India. It opens with Gopi Krishnan (Sreenivasan (actor)) and his wife (Devayani (actress)) and daughter Dhanya (Nazriya Nazim) enjoying themselves at Courtallam#Falls in Courtallam. Soon it is revealed that Gopi Krishnan is a corrupt assistant town planner using a government vehicle to come on holiday in Tamil Nadu during his duty hours. As his driver (Suraj Venjaramood) takes him back to his station in Kerala he has an altercation with protagonist Sukumaran (Mohanlal), whose identity and profession are not yet revealed.