Sri Krishna (Siddhardh) grows up watching films playing in the theater in which his father works as a movie-projectionist in a village. Satya (Ileana) is harassed by Vicky (Munna) - son of a politician - who wants to marry her. Satya escapes from home & Sri Krishna falls in love with her the first time he meets her. As the goons and police chase Satya, Sri Krishna protects her & drops her in the house of the politician. He wins Munna's confidence. The rest of the story is the one-sided game between Sri Krishna and Munna.
Munna (Prabhas) is an orphan who grows up in a orphanage & Studies with the help of scholarships. Kakha (Prakash Raj) is the mafia don in the city. Munna's fight with Kakha's son in the college leads to confrontation between Munna and Kakha. Munna becomes Mr.dependable to the locals & starts building his empire to help people whereas Kakha tries to eliminate him. The rest of the story is all about how Munna defeats Kakha.