Saira Banu (Manju Warrier) is a Mail carrier who leads a peaceful life with her adopted son Joshua Peter (Shane Nigam). Joshua is the son of a famous photographer Peter George (Mohanlal). Peter's unexpected death left Saira as a single mother to Joshua. Joshua, participating in a protest organized by the students of the law college that he is attending, assaults a police officer. He fakes a fractured hand and justifies his conduct, later revealing this lie to his mother.