Lockup Death

Plot

When a group of young graduates stand anxiously in a que for attending an important job interview, a young man elaborates about how money is necessary to get a job and asks them to go away only to be beaten by them.

The story cuts to Kumar who aspires to be a police officer. His mother, Janaki, mortgages her house, the only property they have, so as to bribe Minister Mahadevayya who have offered him a job. Kumar has a circle of friends who are thick as thieves. Of them only Amar is employed as he unwilling to bribe anyone has opened a workshop for vehicles. The other three - TK, Giri and Soori are unemployed graduates who spends time attending interviews and partying in Amar's money. Amar's cousin Aasha has a deep crush on him and supports him at difficult times. One night Kumar travels to the minister's house only for the latter to renege upon his word causing an incensed Kumar to assault him. He is arrested by the minister's close aid Circle Inspector Rajasekhar. Inspector uses third degree torture to make a reluctant Kumar sign some papers leading to his death. With the help of Marimuthu, a local rowdy, they bury his corpse. However, Amar, who has already been into a fight with Marimuthu gets to know about this from the latter and takes him to Superintendent of Police Lakshman. The next day in the court Advocate Kabinipathi who defends the minister and the Inspector accuses Amar of the murder with the fake evidences planted by the corrupt Superintendent supporting the claim. He is given a life imprisonment. It is revealed that Marimuthu was killed so as to hide the truth. Unable to face the humiliation and ostracism, Amar's mother and sister commit suicide. While he is taken to perform their last rites, he kills Lakshman and in return is brutally tortured in the prison by Rajasekhar. The next day when he is taken to the hospital his friends rescue him. However, Giri gets killed in the process.

Amar is taken to a secret hideout where he after initial opposition agrees to make his friends and Asha part of his vengeance crusade. Taking the alias of Janma who has achieved Punarjanma (Reincarnation) he threatens to kill his rivals. He first kills Lawyer Kabinipathi and hangs him before court. The pressure of the case mounts upon Commissioner Venkataramayya who gives an ultimatum for Rajasekhar. An enraged Rajasekhar goes with a battalion to Amar's old housing colony in Shantipura and thrashes the innocent people. Amar's uncle criticises them for not believing in Amar and then leads them in a violent rebellion against the police officers. They barge into the station and beat the officers until stopped by Venkataramayya who after coming to know about what happened in the colony feels humiliated and suspends Rajasekhar. He also understands Amar's innocence and declares how he doubt the involvement of the minister in Kumar's custodial death forcing the latter to resign from his post.

Meanwhile, Rajasekhar along with a few hooligans raid Amar's safe house and captures his friends. Amar after a long fight rescues them and impales Rajasekhar to his death. Venkataramayya beefs up the security outside Mahadevayya's house. However, Soori manages to lure them away by posing as a sniper while Amar defeats the ex-minister's bodyguards. Before he can kill Mahadevayya he is captured by the police.