The story is set against 17th century. Mani Varma is the king of a Tamil country. After 22 abortions, the queen finally give birth to twins. The Raja Guru and maternal uncle (Nassar) eyes the crown. Hence he lies to king that only one kid is born. He sends the other kid away. Since this baby is born at the 23rd attempt after visiting Pulakesi temple, the baby boy is named as 23va Raju Pulakesi. Raja Guru makes sure that Pulakesi is bred with bad wits. Pulakesi starts harassing everybody around after crowing as king. The other twin Bhargava grows up in a place far away as a common man. He is a clever guy and has lots of patriotism. After finishing his graduation, Bhargava realizes that he is a look-a-like of the king. He switches the places with the king. The rest of the story is all about how he teaches lessons to Raja Guru and the British.