Dhileepan and Shyama are Tamil-speaking residents of Mankulam, Sri Lanka, who get married with the blessings of their respective families.
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.
Dhileepan et Shyama sont des habitants de Mankulam, au Sri Lanka, qui parlent le tamoul, et qui se marient avec les bénédictions de leurs familles respectives. Après le mariage, Shyama a confié qu'elle aimerait être mère de huit enfan...
Devítileté holčičce jménem Amudha oznámí rodiče v den jejích devátých narozenin, že není jejich. Amudha se posléze vydává hledat svou biologickou matku až na nepokoji zmítanou Srí Lanku.