Set in 1950s' Madras, the story revolves around Anand and Priya, who briefly interacted when they lived in an orphanage fleetingly during their childhood.

In his search for Priya, Anand comes across the Kesavans. A warm family, they are benevolence personified who take him in as their own almost immediately. The story slowly unravels as life throws up several challenges for Anand and the people in his life.

Thriving on complex human feelings, psychologies, expectations and revelations, Whirpool of Life presents human existence in its ever-changing form, as one man and his long-lost love try to help and provide for those who are less fortunate than them.