Bandit (Udaykumar) kidnaps City Cop (K S Ashwath)'s pregnant wife, who delivers a baby boy under Bandit's custody; however, Bandit's own wife conceives a baby girl and hands it over to City Cop. Before she dies, she urges Cop to bring her daughter away from her father. Bandit instills in the little boy that he is Bandit's son and his own mother is his maternal auntie. Cop's son is brought up to be a Bandit, much against his will. Bandit's daughter, though she has a chaste upbringing, is always in awe of robbers and thieves, admiring them for their dare-devilry. Due for his first robbery, Son meets his biological father at a fair and has unexplained attraction towards him. He must rob jewels from Cop's daughter Jayanthi, but he hesitates to do it. Jayanthi herself offers all the jewels and plays coy, before her father. As the movie proceeds, Son, increasingly known as Bettada Kalla, is pitted against the father and only one can survive. Will the son know the truth and unite his parents? This forms the crux of the movie.
