Rescuer highlights the issue of water scarcity, that happens in a village and how it affects their source of income, which is agriculture. And the rescuer Janvi (the district collector) stand for the village people and how she deals the influential people, who has the government in hand. The rest of the story narrated with following lineups..
The story begins with the rescuer , who faces a professional challenge when a small village girl named Dhanshika (Mahalakshmi) falls into a deep pothole. Many rescue efforts take place. Including the butterfly knot process. When they execute this process the girl falls back into the hole . During this crisis, Madhivadhani seems to notice that the girl is not receiving enough oxygen. But the doctors ensure that the girl has enough time to survive. After all the efforts failed finally the girl family decided to rescue with their own. They decided to send the girl's brother (Muthu) into the pothole and finally rescued the child.
Perhaps the weakest stretch of the story , for this reason, is when the collector, Janvi tries to convince a boy into risking his life by telling him about her own inspirational story. Her idea of a pep talk is to tell the boy that his name could get potentially get etched in the country's history. From my experience though, children care less about the country than they do about candy.
A naïve little girl, looking at her balloon in the sky, falls into an open borewell (I'd be surprised if this weren't a metaphor). You've got her parents (Ramachandran Durairaj and Sunu Lakshmi, who're perfect for their parts), who are too grief-stricken to utter one coherent sentence. It's quite affecting how every time they try to talk, they can only muster whimpers of agony. You've got the policemen, who are discomfited by the whole situation and deeply angered by what they deem to be the disrespect of villagers. You've got the enraged villagers, who have just had it with the inefficiency of the government.
You've got the politicians — the councillor who's absconding, the MLA who's worried sick about his reputation, the minister, who's more worried about grooming his hair than about this incident.
And finally, you've got the government authority in the cross hairs, the collector Janvi.
All janvi wants to do is the right thing, but it isn't easy. What is the right thing anyway? Policemen want to keep her safe — one shot of a JCB machine, a government vehicle, lifting her out of danger is telling. The National Disaster Response team thinks it's best to sacrifice the girl if it means the safety of many others. Janvi, however, has a conscience, and can't live in peace if she hasn't done everything she can to save the girl. This includes potentially placing into harm's way, another child. In that sense, she's less an impassive bureaucrat than an emotional leader of the people. She almost hints that democracy's elected leaders are under the impression that they're owners, and the people, their slaves. You don't begrudge her the point.
This hapless-girl-falls-into-borewell incident is powerfully contrasted with a rocket launch mission of the government. A life sinks, an object rises. This idea is resonated when Janvi asks why they don't send in another child to rescue this girl, in the absence of the robot. The poor get suppressed, and this is suggested literally, when the NDR chief forcibly attempts to stop the girl's father from wailing, even as Janvi tries to talk to her.
In another portion , a government official asks the parents of the girl to calm down, worried that the media, prowling nearby, could create bad press for the government. A living, breathing girl is on the verge of death, but this government servant cares only about his job. There's a lingering sense of guilt on the faces of most of these government employees, every time Janvi asks them a tough question. Their heads hang down in shame, but it seems they are too entrenched in the system to feel emotionally about the impact of their jobs any more. Janvi doesn't get this. She just isn't wired that way.
And finally the boy is brother of that girl is sent inside the well and his sister has been rescued by the boy and Janvi..
Finally the villagers celebrate the victory...
At conclusion Janvi resigns her job to join politics,, as the story remain closed....