Appalam also emerged as the highest-grossing locally produced Tamil film of all time before beaten by Maindhan in 2014.

[4] Appalasamy (Gana) and his wife Nalaini (Jaclyn Victor) is blessed with a beautiful girl called Shruthi (Raja Ilya).

One fateful day, Nalaini gets into a car accident while on the phone arguing with Appalasamy.

He promises to his late wife that he will take good care of their daughter, which leads him to become overprotective of her.

When Shruthi turns 17 years old, she decides to continue her studies in performing arts at Kuala Lumpur and to be more independent.