A boy's coming of age in a beautiful Catholic boarding school located in a pristine hill station in southern India. Rajesh Naidu arrives at Rockford Boy's School, fresh faced, naive and all of 13 years, having left home for the first time, eager to experience his new life.
Rajesh befriends Selva, a happy go lucky kid and David, and arrogant sports hero with a heart of gold. With them, her experiences the joy and agony of living in an all-male boarding school where one has to learn to fend for oneself without the safety net of one's parents. He quickly adopt the Rockford golden rule which is take punishment like a man and never snitch on your friends or enemies.
Into Rajesh's life comes a young assistant gym teacher, Johnny, whom Rajesh develops a true bond with, of father and son, of mentor and pupil and of friend and friend. Step by step, Rajesh eliminates his fears, from simple cones such as being afraid of Dracula to bigger ones such as standing up for the people you believe in.