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Soon after joining a boarding school in Ooty, Praveenah learns that her classmate Sabari is enduring relentless pain as he is engulfed with Survivors guilt’. Six years later, she befriends him as a fellow biker on an Himalayan trip only to relieve him of his guilt.
Synopsis
A young Praveenah (16 years old) is seen in an ER room after being diagnosed with Congenital heart disease. Through a conversation with her friend Malini, a cancer patient we find out how ‘light hearted’ they are, in taking their uncertainty of life bounded by a sickness that has a timeline and yet hoping for a miracle to happen.
Pari Mukilan. a class tt student al an International boarding school in a hill station has fetched the school many inter-school and district level awards by excelling in football, basketball and horse riding. Being the ‘heart throb’ of the school, teachers love him even if his assignments are long due.
Sabari Karthikeyan.who is a new admission at the school manages to be the centre of allention amongst staffs and students lately.
During library hour, Pari and Sabari are seated opposite to each other. While Sabari is reading deep on world renowned paintings, Pari keeps tapping his legs out of boredom. Sabari gets irritated and ‘huffs’ while throwing him a disgusting look. A ‘look that Pari has never managed to come across in his ‘Celebrity’ life. This eventually leads to hatred and coldness between the duo. Pari starts Leasing Sabari by scratching on his desk, leaving weird notes. making fun and so on.
When asked about their ambitions in an |‘nglish club, Pari elaborates his love towards bike and his goal to ride to the highest motorable road in the Himalayas. While Sabari wants to be an artiste whose art manages to impress commoners as well as clite crowd. And adds that his art should be useful towards social causes. Secretly impressed by each other's dream, they look at each other as if they could be friends outside school.
Soon after. during their trip to a nearby tribal school, their bus catches fire and falls into a pit. Students start flecing. However. Sabari gets caught in the smokes and can't make his way out. Pari enters the risky zone and pushes him away and jumps Lo save himself. He lands on an iron pipe and hurts his head. Blood oozes out of his ears. During the next day assembly, Princy maam announces that their little warrior Pari is struggling and the doctors are suspecting “Brain Death’. Severe prayer meeting are being held.
Pari passes away the following day and students mourn by praying and crying in front of his photos and medals. Sabari is devastated beyond words as Pari was his Martyr. They were just about to be friends. He slowly becomes Pari as the ‘Survivor's guilt’ creeps in. He lives his life for Pari and finds an old note from Pari's desk which reads ‘Friends?’
Sabari forgets himself and starts living in a trance state. He starts doing things that Pari enjoyed. He started riding horses although he hates the smell and sight of them. He leads a life as if il’s Pari’s and slowly kills his own interests.
Praveenah joins school during 12th. She pleads her father to let her join the same school as her donor hoping to know more about him and his dreams, so she can give something back to her dear donor.
She manages to know about Pari without revealing much about her. She senses Sabari’s mourns for Pari and eventually finds oul Lhey weren't even friends. She digs deeper and finds that Sabari is living as ‘Pari’. Her attempts to talk to him went futile as he wouldn't even notice her
Failing in his attempt of being ‘Pari, Sabari escapes from school. Praveenah loses track of him.
Seven years later, we see grown up Sabari with a Royal Enfield riding towards Himalayas followed by Praveenah as a fellow biker.
She is still a stranger to Sabari. However, the journey involves how she manages to make him realize who he actually is and helps him get back to being himself.
The climax reveals who she is and why it was her responsibility to follow him all the way. With its own ‘Gala’ moments, the road trip thus becomes a Soul trip!
