The story begins with Subbanna (Ananth Nag) who is a retired employee and his daughter Roopa (Rupashri) wants to go abroad for higher education. Subbanna decides to sell his plot but then the family is shocked when they discover that it has been confiscated by a famous land grabber Krishna Reddy (Shashi Kumar). All efforts by Subbanna with the authorities fail as they are linked to Krishna Reddy. The story takes a turn with the arrival of the lawyer Rame Gowda (Rangayana Raghu). He is a former associate of Reddy and decides to take his revenge by helping out Subbanna.