After 12 year old Raju jumps on a train to run away from home he falls under the control of a gang. Along with fellow recruit Jollu, he stalks the station, dreaming of a better life, naive to the danger he’s in. Filmmaker Prithvi Konanur, drawing on real accounts of exploitation faced by children every day, used a cast of mostly non-actors including schoolboy Manohara K. who won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist.