The title is deeply ironic. The "notorious boy" of the title is, in fact, an innocent victim. The film was a scathing critique of caste politics, police brutality, and the failure of the juvenile justice system in Kerala.
(Saranya Ponvannan), an elderly woman who runs a catering service. When Chembammal is brutally murdered, the local police, under immense public and political pressure, frame the defenseless Ajayan for the crime despite a lack of solid evidence. The second half transitions into an intense courtroom battle where a nervous junior lawyer, oru kuprasidha payyan tamilyogi