The film begins with the song "manju mazhakattil" showing the family of young Gautham Menon moving into Srinagar and their getting used to the Kashmir life. Later a group of terrorists besiege the village and kill Gautham’s parents. Gautham’s older sister pulls him away from the killers and hides behind woods. A terrorist finds them and a gunshot is heard. Later his sister is seen to be in the Hospital in critical stage and the Doctor asks him to pray for her. The song continues and Gautham is shown growing to a teenager and winning accolades from school. He runs to the hospital to share the joy with his still hospitalized sister, but sees her dying in the hospital bed.