Maharaja is a barber by profession living in Pallikaranai, Chennai. He lost his wife in an accident where a truck slew into a house where she was sitting in with her daughter. His daughter, Jyothi survives the accident as a metal dustbin covers and protects her from the falling debris. Maharaja and Jyothi later name the dustbin as "Lakshmi" out of affection and they anthropomorphise it. Maharaja later moves to a new place with Jyothi, now a teenager, and Lakshmi. Jyothi is active in sports at school; she leaves the city for a sports camp in Coimbatore, accompanied by her sports teacher, Aasifa.