Three death row prisoners escape from the jail and hijack a plane where Abdul Salim, a scientist, owns a miracle drug.

There, Snobir, a sadistic terrorist leader threatens the passengers to recover the drugs.

Both attack and kill many terrorists; everyone escapes and everything goes smoothly until an ambush occurs on a bridge.

[citation needed] Kalki called dialogues, cinematography and grandeur as positives but felt Arun Pandian, Ranjitha and Napoleon were wasted and concluded saying what can one say and praise the director who has given a comedy film with an action coating with a serious subject like Kashmir.

[4] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "Thaayagam, a costly movie made in the snowy regions, will offer visual thrill and action, despite the obvious flaws in narration and screenplay".