the story is set in the 1990s. santosh (rushikesh naik) is a teenage boy studying in class x. he lives in a slum in borimol village with his grandmother, referred to as tai (played by prashanti talpankar; "tai" translates to "aunt"). it is revealed that tai's son, santosh's father, had killed santosh's mother and had been arrested, leaving tai and santosh to fend for themselves. thus, despite being native goans, they are forced to live with other migrants from poorer parts of the country and work for juze (sudesh bhise). with his business of manufacturing cashew feni and his political connections (which consist of the local politician), juze terrorizes the whole village, even going so far as to physically abuse and rape the women.