Leader

<p>Praveen is a 15-year-old boy who studies at a Matriculation school dealing with Adolescence and his parents expectations. Praveen behaves like a gangster and constantly disrespects his parents and he behaves like a big shot across his school well-known by everyone in his class and popular in his friend group. Praveen has a crush on Preshika who initially asks him to stop being in touch with her despite liking him back which Praveen finds out due to a hilarious encounter with his rivals. They both confess to each other and enter into a relationship much to the jealousy of others especially two girls Anugraha and Sai Navya who wish to break them up.</p> <p>After Preshika informs she will be out of town for a week, Praveen exploits her absence and decides to cheat on her after texting and meeting Sonal and the two engage in romantic moments. When the Annual day dance occurs, Preshika surprises Praveen but feels left out due to the romantic banter Sonal and Praveen do in front of her. This causes a rift in their relationship and Preshika asks Praveen to cut his ties with Sonal. Praveen though agrees, tries to reject Sonal directly but is unable to do so and hugs her. However, Preshika sees this and it is revealed that Sonal was actually is Anugraha’s and Sai Navya’s friend as they successfully break Preshika and Praveen up and the events occur in front of Praveen’s father Unnikrishnan.</p> <p>Praveen fears Unnikrishnan might do something to him but is surprised when he doesn’t. Praveen decides that he must seek revenge on Sonal for what had happened with him and uses his popularity advantage to harass and bully Sonal during the school’s field trip. This ends up in Praveen getting confronted by Kanakavalli, the class leader and he quickly develops an interest for her. Kanaga and Praveen go from being Rivals to close friends and Praveen develops deep feelings for Kanaga after seeing her get along with his parents well. Meanwhile, his mother Saroja ends up in a state of anxiety, fearing Praveen would choose Kanaga over her.</p> <p>Praveen after many interactions with her comes to a conclusion, delusionally, that Kanaga might like him back as well. After his peers advice him to ask her out, Praveen does so but is met with a harsh rejection where Kanaga says she only viewed Praveen as a friend and nothing more, breaking Praveen’s heart completely. At the same time, Praveen finds out his rival Siddarth had assaulted his friend group causing Praveen to engage in a brutal fight with Siddharth and his gang and brings him trouble at the Principal’s office. After the Principal threatens to suspend everyone, Praveen’s Saroja desperately pleads which stresses her out so much to cause a mild heart attack. Praveen is faced with guilt and emotional shock over Saroja as Unnikrishnan outright rejects him and blames him for what happened with Saroja.</p> <p>After Praveen comes back to school, Kanaga engages with him and challenges Praveen that if Praveen scores great marks and passes his 12th grade, she will accept his love proposal and they can engage romantically. Praveen takes the challenge and studies hard to gain a score. At the end of the flim, Praveen not only passes 12th grade but he has gotten the 9th rank in his public examinations and becoming an all-round scorer. Praveen meets up with Kanaga but ends up rejecting her, telling her that he does not wish to have a love where there is expectations and tells that Kanaga would’ve rejected him if Praveen were to fail his exams. This strong stance comes after Praveen listens to his father’s rants about his mother and understands that the love Unnikrishnan and Saroja have for each other and for Praveen is the purest form of love. Praveen makes do with everyone he had done wrong with including Preshika and the film ends with the message saying it was dedicated to the parents.</p>