The story is set in the 1960s. Veluthambi (Vimal (actor)) is a graduate aspiring for a government job. His father Annamalai (K. Bhagyaraj) advises him to work temporarily for a NGO that helps in educating rural children so that he will be given a priority for a government job. Velu, although uninterested, joins the NGO and gets appointed as a teacher in a small dry village which lacks basic facilities. The entire village works for a rich landlord named JP (Ponvannan), who owns a brick factory. Velu tries to convince the villagers to send their kids to learn, but in vain.