Storyline
Education’s supposed to be for everyone, right? In Mangollai village, though, that idea’s more like a distant dream than reality. The upper class basically slammed the brakes on schooling, terrified that if the so-called “lower” folks got smart, their own power trip would come crashing down. So you get these characters like Colochi Saami and Saamikannu, gatekeeping knowledge, blocking the poor from classrooms. On the flip side, you’ve got fighters like Annadurai and Sivangaanam—people who just aren’t having it. They’re stubborn, digging in their heels, rallying others to push back against this closed-off system. It’s not just about textbooks and teachers, honestly. It’s about dignity, about breaking generations-old chains that keep people stuck where they started. The villagers’ battle isn’t quick or clean, but the story’s full of grit—scrappy protests, secret lessons, and those tiny victories that start to add up. In the end, it’s an all-out struggle: old-school oppression versus the stubborn hope that, maybe, this generation gets to break free.