Kovan's grandmother just had her leg amputated by the doctors in the city. Kovan aged 14 gets assigned by his father to take the amputated leg to their village, and have a proper burial for it with the Mullah, in order for his grandmother to have her leg back in her second life. But on his journey the leg begins to rot, the smell getting worse and worse. Meanwhile Kovan becomes distracted by all sorts of situations which he encounters on the way.