Feeling betrayed, she vents her frustration by penning her column with a fictitious letter ad verbatim, which is supposedly written to her by someone named Azaad.

This letter openly criticises the establishment and the chasm that exists between the haves and the have-nots, vocalising unacknowledged and uncomfortable facts.

He thinks of a scheme to promote his newspaper and coaxes Subhashini to establish a column in the name of Azaad and write about the ills of the present society and administration.

The task for them now is to find a face and character for Azaad, should the question arise about the real identity of the author of the column and the letter.

This results in Azaad becoming a kind of a nationwide hero, and is soon perceived as a threat by the local politicians as a potential national leader.

Later he learns through the media that he has been used; however he decides to sacrifice himself for the nation and prove that he now identifies with the ideology of the imaginary character Azaad.