Plot
The film opens with children reading storybooks. One of them narrates a tale about a Brahmarakshasa in Kamarottu, a village in Karnataka, who kidnapped and killed children. The story transitions to a child being abducted by a mysterious figure.
The next day, we meet Janardhan Gambira, a short-tempered landlord living with his wife, Shaku, and brother, Eknath. His friend’s son, Vishwanath, arrives with his family, including his daughter Panna, who is engaged and wants her wedding in their ancestral house. Janardhan refuses, saying the house is haunted after his son, Sanju, was accused of stealing temple jewels 28 years ago. That night, Sanju returns from London and, with Panna, finds the beheaded corpse of police officer Suresh Krishna in the house well.
Detective Vikrant Rona arrives in the village with his daughter, Guddi, to investigate. He survives an attack and finds eerie clues, including a ₹1 note, cryptic writing, and signs of past child murders. He discovers that 14 children, mostly students from the local school run by P.E. teacher Lawrence Pinto, were killed similarly. He interrogates local smuggler Moose Kunni, learning of his links to the crime. Meanwhile, Panna investigates on her own and finds an old woman, Deyyu, in the ancestral house, along with Suresh Krishna’s severed head. She learns that Deyyu is the mother of Nittoni, a former temple caretaker framed for theft by Janardhan and Vishwanath. Nittoni and his family—wife, sons Madhava and Raghava, and a young daughter—committed suicide in shame, leaving Deyyu mentally unstable.
Vikrant discovers that the crime scene of a child's murder is on Moose Kunni’s property. While interrogating him, he learns that the murdered children’s fathers were Madhava and Raghava’s classmates who had bullied and humiliated them for their lower caste and status. Panna hears a village elder say that the same cryptic writing found on the corpses was present at the site of Nittoni’s family’s death. The elder also recalls another note vowing revenge against those responsible.
Vikrant realizes that only four bodies were found at the time of Nittoni’s family’s death, meaning Madhava likely survived. When he questions Lawrence Pinto again, he notices a Shiva tattoo, raising suspicion. Pinto escapes, leading Vikrant to an abandoned temple where he finds the names and belongings of the murdered children.
A shocking revelation follows—Vikrant’s daughter, Guddi, was actually one of the victims, and her presence throughout the film was a hallucination caused by his trauma. His wife remains in a coma from the same attack. Vikrant, a former classmate of Madhava and Raghava, had never actively bullied them but had also never defended them. He realizes that Madhava, now disguised as Lawrence Pinto, is exacting revenge.
Meanwhile, Panna and Munna, realizing they are the next targets, are kidnapped. Vikrant deduces that Madhava's younger brother, Raghava, is also alive. The truth is revealed—Sanju is actually Raghava, who killed the real Sanju as revenge for the temple theft that led to his family’s downfall.
In the climax, Vikrant fights Madhava and Raghava. Madhava and Deyyu die, while Vikrant defeats and kills Raghava, avenging his daughter. Panna and Munna reunite with their family, while Vikrant, at Janardhan’s request, keeps Raghava’s fate a secret from Shaku.
