Ringan is a story about father and son. Their life is a living hell. Arjun, the father develops suicidal tendencies due to debts caused by drought and other factors. But his love and concern for his self-willed, stubborn son, Abhimanyu, motivates him to earn the money needed to buy back his ancestral land. He reluctantly takes his son with him when he leaves the village in search of work. They reach the holy town of Pandharpur a town nearby.
Abhimanyu goes in obsessive search of his mother , who, he has been told, has gone to the Abode of God, which is Pandharpur. The film is a touching, stirring story of unbridled paternal love. It also underlines the hopeless plight of farmers whose lands, due to persistent drought, now lie infertile: denied a living, they have perforce to commit suicide.
Arjun and Abhimanyu have an immortal bond and together they manage to overcome their odds.