Vivek, Karthik, Kaushik and Uppi are childhood friends who dream of a career in film making during their college days. But they eventually give up their plans and settle in other jobs. Vivek resigns his job and lives in isolation, still trying to get over his breakup, Karthik works as a manager to a club and plans on marrying his owner's daughter and settle in USA, Kaushik works as a dubbing artist and Uppi works as a wedding photographer. After a misfired bachelors' party, they all end up in Goa. Karthik needs ₹5 lakhs urgently and they decide to participate in Goa Short film festival for the prize money. Vivek doesn't agree to make a romantic film but later agrees as they don't have an alternative. Karthik handles cinematography, Uppi edits the film and Kaushik acts in it. Vivek couldn't get out of his past and gives a sad ending to the film, and later gives up on the project as he fears the negative feedback. Karthik realizes that he is losing everything else for the social status and calls off his marriage. Kaushik gets confidence to act in films and Uppi becomes an editor. After working on a few short films, they start their first feature film, Pelli_Choopulu.