Poochi lives in a small hut with his grandson Kumaresan, whose parents were killed in a caste riot a few years ago. Poochi has big dreams for Kumaresan and does all kinds of work to save money to get Kumaresan into a private school. When Vellaiyan, Poochi's beneficent but easily ruffled landlord instructs him to find a choice pig ('seththumaan'), Poochi and little Kumaresan get busy. However, once the pork and drink go down, tempers flare up, and Poochi must avoid getting caught up in the acerbic hostilities that consume his dominant caste overlords.

A group of college students gets entangled in the scheme of a fledgling caste outfit that wants to turn into a political party.

Born mute until the age of ten, a boy rises to fame as a celebrated Rap singer, but the trials of love, fame, and social conflict lead him into turmoil and push him to the edge, until he discovers the true soul and purpose of his art.