Five-year-old Appu lives in a small coastal villagein Kerala. His whole world revolves around the people and events of the traditional fishing community to which he belongs. We see life through his innocent eyes as he learns about both friendship and greed, loyalty and deceit, and the pleasures and pain of growing up. But nothing in the world remains the same forever. Appu's happy days of sun, sand and sea are left behind when change comes to his family and to the village.