Set in the small-town of Siricilla, Telangana, Ardha Shathabdham sees Krishna (Karthik Rathnam) fall for Pushpa (Krishna Priya), who’s the daughter of Ramanna (Sai Kumar), an ex-naxal. Set in 2003, the film explores the issues of caste discrimination that plague this town.
When Krishna falls for Pushpa, little does he know that their love will kick-start a chain of caste violence in their town. A crazy incident created by Krishna gets the entire village involved. This in turn makes things worse as the caste-related issues come into the foray. What will Krishna do now? How will he deal with such an issue?