For brothers Natha and Budhia, life in the farm has never been so hard as it is today, and business was going worse and worse each day. They were unable to pay their government loan, and all seems hopeless. When they consulted a politician on the best thing to do about it, they got a somewhat unusual answer: one of them can just commit suicide since the government pays benefits to a surviving family members. This was clearly a joke, but one of them have already volunteered to die to save the family. A television reporter overheard their conversation, and places the story on air.

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It quickly caught the attention of everyone, and soon enough the entire nation watches and anticipated their next actions.