With a view to drawing international attention, an underground rebel group kidnaps the couple.

But being unable to communicate with the foreign couple, the outfit picks up an educated but frustrated youth who is fluent in English.

But inside the hideout, Manab, the protagonist, discovers that the idea he had of the militant group and its "struggle for independence" was entirely wrong.

[1] Speaking about the significance of the film title, Sabhapadit informed that Jatinga is a small place in Assam where birds are said to commit suicide.

At night, people hold bamboo torches to attract these birds and when they fly close, they are clubbed to death.