Sivappu means red in Tamil and signifies love, anger, poverty or death. The story showcases the life of construction labourers in the southern part of Tamil Nadu.

The film begins seven years later after the events which occurred in the prequel Sandakozhi. Balu (Vishal) arrives from New York City seven years later to his birthplace. He and his father Durai Ayya (Rajkiran) have to protect a young man from a woman who