The story centers on , a young girl living in Chennai with her adoptive parents—Thiruchelvan, a writer, and Indra, a newscaster—and her two younger brothers. On her ninth birthday, her parents reveal she was adopted.
: The film critiques traditional gender roles within the context of war. While Amudha’s search is personal, her biological mother Shyama represents the militarized female body, having joined the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) to fight for her homeland. Kannathil Muthamittal