Jilebi is the down-to-earth story about a sour-sweet confrontation between a village youngster Sreekuttan and his city-bred nephews. Sreekuttan, the young-but-not-very-young native hero, has his life happily confined to his farm and his pet crops.
Far away, in the city of Dubai, trouble brews for him in the form of a family crisis. He is forced to take up a reeponsibilty he hates - to take responsibility of two Dubai-bred kids who are coming home.
The kids simply hate leaving Dubai. They hate uncle Sreekuttan too.
The kids are determined to make life miserable for Sreekuttan and others so that they are put on a flight back to Dubai. Sree is even more determined to teach the kids some native lessons.
The confrontation begins and leads to surprises - some sour, some sweet...!