[1] The film revolves around Nandhan (Suresh Joachim), a Sri Lankan Tamil youth who kidnaps Samyukta, (Meera Jasmine), a Minister's daughter and a television journalist.
The Minister (Suman) is helped by the Director General of Police (Rajeev) and his subordinate Ramana (Bose Venkat) to rescue Samyukta.
Things take a turn when they get an interesting demand from Nandhan seeking the release of a certain Sri Lankan national detained by the police.
(starting from writing the story, screenplay, composing 4 songs, title, shooting up to 60 scenes and editing it into a two-hour feature-length film).
"[6] A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Despite the hotchpotch treatment, particularly towards the end, you do notice some method in the making of ‘Sivappu Mazhai".