Eight-year-old Poonjan earns his living by fishing in the backwaters and looking after his family. One day, he sees a lost blind man sitting alone on the boat jetty. But all the old demented man can remember is a certain tree full of parrots in front of his house. Poonjan decides to help and tries to find the way to the blind man's home, asking directions from acquaintances and strangers en route.