An orphan gets noticed by a local gangster and is recruited by him. However, trouble ensues as he falls in love with a girl who turns out to be the daughter of the gangster.

A young man discovers a shocking secret about his parents, one that causes a notorious criminal to enter his life.

The film is set in 1960s Chennai (Madras then). A police officer and a social worker give speech about ban of cigarettes in All India Radio. Then three men get out from a car . They were thieves and were headed by Eli (Vadivelu) a petty thief (who once as

Chiranjeevi grows up in the company of his mom and aunts who dote on him. But he is ultimately frustrated at not finding a bride who would be approved by all of them.

The hero who lives in the present day and does every odd job for survival. He is approached for help by a group of youngsters who want to rescue one of their friends from a kidnap. But that kidnap had happened due to mistaken identity.