In a deserted 1971 Madras hostel, Mariamma writes home that she has passed Anatomy but delays returning, unable to face her father after Brijee’s assault. Though Brijee has been disgraced and suspended, her shame and anger persist. She distracts herself by trailing medical teams and studying, yet feels adrift.

Lenin appears at the hostel, admitted by Matron Thangaraj after claiming to be Mariamma’s twin. After a strained greeting that masks relief, Mariamma begs to escape the city. They bus down the coast to Mahabalipuram. In the surf, she immerses herself and feels a barrier fall. On the beach and later in a cheap lodge, she recounts the assault and inquiry, reclaiming her voice and resolve to insist on fair treatment.

Pressed to explain his scar and absence, Lenin reveals losses in Wayanad: Kochu paniyan’s family targeted by the land-grabber C.T.; a sit-in broken by hired thugs as police watched; homes torched; Lenin beaten; Kochu paniyan disappeared from hospital, likely killed. Disillusioned with prayer and drawn to action through activist Arikkad and banker-ally Raghu, Lenin embraces their cause as the state brands them Naxalites.

Lenin describes two raids: a failed attempt on C.T. that only nets cash and guns before they burn his bungalow, and an ambushed armory raid where Raghu is killed. Fleeing with Arikkad, Lenin hides while their supposed host Sivaraman betrays them. At dawn, a DSP publicly hood-removes and executes Arikkad while constables look on. Afterward, Lenin erects a stone memorial and accepts the straight, dangerous path he has chosen.