Shaitan is the story of a dishevelled family of a lone mother Savithri (Shelly Kishore) and three siblings Baali (Rishi), Gumthi (Jaffer Sadiq), Jayaprada (Deviyani Sharma).
Despite everything Savithri struggles to feed her children. She has no other way left than accepting the sexual advances of local cop Yakub to feed her hungry children.
Baali is overtaken by rage when the cop touches his sister, however. He is treated as a criminal henceforth joining the Naxal ideology. Whether he gets free is what the story is about.
Kannada actor Rishi plays a determined criminal Baali who wears a smile on his face despite the circumstances. The actor does complete justice to the role of Baali.
Malayalam actress Shelly Kishore, played a naive and gullible mother Savithri, who can easily be tricked and groped by men taking her advantage, is impressive.