College student Durga (J D Chakravarthy) lives with his grandfather and shuns all violence. He also loves Gayathri, a fellow student whom he plans to marry, but her father is against the match. When a local don learns that Durga persists in pursuing the relationship against the wishes of Gayathri's father, he sends his henchmen to kill him -- unleashing a storm of terror on Gayathri and her family.