Pathumma is a poor widow earning her livelihood by selling rotis to a hotel. She deposits money with a trusted jeweller to build a house. Her hut is washed away by the raging sea, the jeweller gives her money she has saved and some money from his own end for her to build her a house. Her character in the film represents Muslim women, and she upholds the harmony with which Muslims and Hindus have lived in peace for centuries.

Kumar, a school teacher working in the city, comes back to his native to pursue his long-cherished dream of opening a school in his hometown that would provide quality education to the lesser fortunate children. He takes his uncle's and friend's help to build the school but soon faces many obstacles. How he tackles the problems, forms the crux.