Anudan is an intelligent and handsome eight-year-old boy with a difficult story, starting even before his birth. His mother, Gita, unmarried and 19 years old at the time, had been in a six-month relationship that ended abruptly. Soon afterward, she fell from a tree while climbing to cut fodder. When she was taken to the hospital the doctor discovered that she was pregnant. Upon hearing this news, her parents forbid her to return home. Completely distraught, Gita tried to