This social drama is set in a working class Singaporean Tamil family. With gangsters at his doorstep and drug addicts for parents, 17-year old Prakash struggles to hold his family together and protect his mentally-challenged brother from dangers in and outside the family. When his family is implicated in a crime gone sour, Prakash's resolve and courage are put to the ultimate test.

The young son of a poor "rag-and-bone" man aspires to draw superheroes but goes about it the wrong way by stealing a comic book from the gentle owner of a small Indian provision ("mama") shop. When fate brings them together again, they each discover something much more important...