

Sensing a risk to Sharath's family after an attempt on Keerthi's life, Siva leaves their house and moves into his friend Chinna's hostel. One of Siva's friends, Malli, is murdered and Siva swears revenge. When Siva's friends attend a wedding, they are attacked by Ganesh and others. and Bhavani's henchmen, and is taken to hospital.

He considers Siva a potential replacement for J. Ganesh's attempts to pacify Siva fail, and Bhavani learns about him. The incident encourages Siva's friends to ask him to stand for the student-union presidency, but he wants them to nominate Naresh (one of the group) instead.

teases Asha on campus, Siva attacks him with a bicycle chain a rivalry then develops between him and Ganesh. is arrested many times, Bhavani continues to bail him out. Bhavani uses the network to support his mentor Machiraju, a politician. D.) is the lowest rung in a gang ladder reaching through the gangster Ganesh to Bhavani, a crime boss. The college's (unopposed) student-union president, J. Siva befriends a group of students and falls in love with Asha, sister of the honest police inspector Venkat. Although Sharath and his daughter Keerthi get along well with Siva, his wife considers him a financial burden. He lives with his brother Sharath's family, and enrolls in the VAS College of Arts and Sciences. Siva, a student, comes to Vijayawada from a nearby town to pursue his education.
