Two school students plan to runaway while on the school trip. But with the entering of an uninvited man in the situation for their help and one of them falls in love with him, something is revealed which is not so pleasant.
A young man narrates two conflicting accounts of his life, changing the details and incidents in both, as he slowly approaches madness.
Nandakumar is released from jail but the police continue to harass him. Being a suspect in the eyes of society, he has no job prospects. During the 1970's Emergency, he is imprisoned again.
Unni is the last male heir of a decaying feudal family in rural Kerala. His inability to accept the socio-economic changes of a new society causes him to gradually withdraw into isolation and paranoia.