

Amudha's ninth birthday approaches and both her parents take her to the temple early in the morning. Indira (Simran Bagga) is Amudha's mother, while she has a younger brother named Vinay, with whom she always has childish frictions, and another younger brother. Madhavan), who uses the pen name 'Indira' for his books. She introduces her short-tempered but talented father, writer Thiruchelvan (R. Keerthana narrates about her family life. The film later shifts focus to nine years later in Chennai where a young exuberant girl Amudha P.S.

But as soon as the baby is born, her urge to find her husband and be with her people back home overwhelms her and she leaves behind the new-born girl in hopes that the girl will lead a better life. While a local collector takes down the names of the refugees, Shyama's water breaks and she gives birth to a baby girl. The villagers board a boat to the shores of Rameswaram, which is a famous refugee hub from Sri Lankan Tamils. Shyama is initially stubborn to leave, but she is convinced by her relatives that she has to seek refuge for the sake of her to-be-born child. Her villagers begin fleeing to India to seek refuge as the war between LTTE and the Sri Lankan army goes full scale, affecting their village in the process. What happened to Dileepan after that remains a mystery, as Shyama realizes that she is pregnant and waits in vain for Dileepan to return.


While romancing each other at a mud river after marriage, the couple hear sounds of Sri Lankan army troops approaching, thus Dileepan flees, leaving behind Shyama. Chakravarthy), who along with few other Sri Lankan Tamils in the village (including Shyama's elder brother) is part of the Tamil Tigers rebel association, which fights for the rights of Sri Lankan Tamils. Kannathil Muthamittal film begins at a small village in Sri Lanka, where a Sri Lankan Tamil woman Shyama (Nandita Das) gets married to Dileepan (J.D.
