Acchanniah lives with his wife Nagalakshmi and his widowed daughter-in-law Venkatalakshmi in a remote village in Karnataka.

But Venkatalakshmi, Acchanniah's daughter-in-law, finds it difficult to accept some stranger as her long-lost husband.

Venkatalakshmi sensing the intensity of the situation leaves the village and lives in a god-forsaken place with Vishwa.

To worsen things, Vishwa is attracted to Sukri, a young woman from the worker class.

V Shantaram Awards: Osian's Asian Film Festival, CINEFAN, 2006:[2] Karachi International Film Festival, 2006 International Film Festival Of Mumbai, MAMI Awards, 2007[3] Screenings Maithili Rao, reviewing for Frontline, said "The film's overall impact - with notable contributions from S. Ramachandra Aithal's marvellous cinematography, Ramesh Desai's impeccable art direction and the mastery of three Kannada dialects spoken in the three different areas of Karnataka - this note of stoic (but not resigned, there is a difference) waiting makes Venkatalaxmi a believable character.

Heroism lies in scaling down to everyday reality, not holding up implausible banners of cardboard radicalism"[4] R G Vijayasarathy reviewing for Rediff.com rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, wrote "Lokesh has delivered one of the best performances of her career; she excels in the last few sequences.

Ananya Kasaravalli, as the daughter who wants her mother to be progressive, has turned in an authentic performance too.