The film is based on a true incident that occurred in 1996 when the then Palakkad collector was held, hostage. Pada begins by showing how five men in different places planning for something big to be done which might trigger a revolution. The group arrives at their destination and waits for the collector to come. After a day's wait, they get into the collector's chamber and forcibly tie him by chasing others around him out. On the collector's insistence to reveal, they identify themselves as 'Ayyankali Pada', activists working for the welfare of tribals and their current resolve is to keep the collector as a hostage and bargain with the current government to repeal the controversial Adivasi Land Amendment Bill. The miserable plight of the Adivasi community is drawn more literally on the screen through the exchanges between the collector and the five men, the former however sympathize with their plight and align with their cause.
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