泰米尔那都邦南部一个偏远的小村庄Podiyankulam有一项特殊的传统：谁能从悬崖上一跃而起将对岸抛出的鱼劈成两半，谁就能拥有“镇村宝剑”（Village Sword）；选择接受该挑战但却无法将鱼砍成两半的人则会被村民斩首。1997年，一位名叫Karnan的青年男子腾空而起，成了宝剑的主人。　　

The film tells the riveting story of a complex murder case, parallelly investigated by a police officer and an investigative journalist in their own w