After the East India Company forces Kattabomman, the king of Panchalankurichi, to pay taxes and be their subordinate, the latter decides to fight against them.

Meena feels stifled by her mother who makes all of her choices for her. When she visits her aunt's house in the village, Meena falls in love with Krishna. But Krishna is already engaged and Meena's mother is planning her wedding to Sarathy.

The film is a historical story, based on the 3rd century BC Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya and his mentor Chanakya. It begins with the Greek invader Alexander intruding on our borders, Magadha as his last step of sovereignty. Discerning it, fear-defying scholar Chanakya is under trace of the dynamic King to hinder it.