Story…Set in the backdrop of Theni, the story is about Murugaiyan (Vijay Sethupathi), who is a goatherd. He has a loving mother, Veerayi (Saranya Ponvannan), who is a widow. She struggles hard to raise Murugan but has an overflowing affection for him. Meanwhile, there is a gang which attacks the villagers at night and steals their goats. Murugan, along with his group, manages to catch one of the members in an attack and discovers that it is a girl.

Her name is Pechi (Vasundhara Kashyap), and her family steals goats for their livelihood. While Murugan develops feelings for her, Pechi’s family is known to be quite dangerous. Veerayi comes to know this and asked Murugan to marry a girl of her choice. He refuses to accept her wish.