Veeram is set in the 13th century South India narrates the story of a Kalarippayattu warrior, Chandu, caught between the love and desire of two women of opposing clans. As he takes side and tears his way onto the top only to fall apart. Veeram is based on the ballads of North Malabar and narrates the tale of the brave and ambitious Kalarippayattu warrior, Chandu, whose story resembles that of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.