Sundarapandian (Anandaraj), an angry orphan, is the henchman of a rich man Manivannan (Manivannan) and often went to jail for minor offences. Karthikeyan (Ramkumar) enters his house as a servant and falls in love with his daughter Kalyani (Saradha Preetha). In the meantime, Mallaria (Kasthuri), an orphan, tries to reform Sundarapandian and they fall in love with each other. One day, a poor girl Chellayi (Ragasudha) is raped and killed by a corrupted Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) (Vasu Vikram). Sundarapandian and Mallaria finally get married, they decide to leave the village but they don't have enough money. Manivannan prepares his daughter's wedding with the MLA and Manivannan orders Sundarapandian to kill the innocent Karthikeyan. Sundarapandian, who is now a good man, decide to join the young pair. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.