Varisu is the story of a happy-go-lucky man, played by Thalapathy Vijay. Things change when his foster father dies unexpectedly, and he's in the middle of a multi-billion dollar empire.

A simple father's life whose one mistake breaks him away from his dear family. Even after many years, when he finally meets his family, the same mistake haunts him back in a different form which unfolds into an emotionally gripping...

To make good on a promise he made to his mother, a university graduate returns to India and becomes disillusioned by the government corruption he encounters.