A biopic of Patthe Bapurao, Maharashtra’s famous composer and author of the folk-classical lavani musical form. He is shown as an upper-caste schoolteacher, absorbed in a musical genre practised by lower-caste people. He partners the dancer Pavala and together, after many hardships, they popularise the dance-music form throughout the region.
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