The film features an ensemble cast including Sowcar Janaki, Rajasree, Kanchana, Jayanthi, Sachu, R. Muthuraman, Nagesh, Major Sundarrajan, Srikanth and T. S. Balaiah.

The film was later remade in Hindi as Teen Bahuraniyan (1968), with Janaki, Kanchana and Jayanthi reprising their roles.

A middle-class joint family is living happily run by the responsible father Ethiraj, a retired headmaster.

Sumathi, the younger sister of Sita also stays in the same house, as she is pursuing higher studies in the same city.

Finally, Parvathi makes the other two ladies agree by showing a diamond necklace that she borrowed from her friend.

Finally, when Bama arrives at Krishnan's part of the house, she gets a spectacular welcome with red carpet, flowers and her favourite drinks.

After a few months of this, and financial problems, a bombshell appears in the form of an anonymous letter stating that one of the three husbands is having an affair with Bama, and this upsets their wives.

After a series of humorous incidents, the false news of Maheshwaran having illegal contact with Bama is published in a newspaper, thus leading to more trouble.

In 1965, when K. Balachander was a rookie in the film industry, his household was excited because Sowcar Janaki, an established actress, was due to visit their house.

This incident laid the foundation for Bama Vijayam,[3] which was written and directed by Balachander, and produced by M. S. Kasi under Manohar Pictures.

[1] Bama Vijayam, a satire,[1] focuses on how "false prestige, pretence and living beyond one's means" can destroy a household.

[13] Bama Vijayam was remade in Hindi as Teen Bahuraniyan in 1968, with Sowcar Janaki, Kanchana and Jayanthi reprising their roles.

[17] In an interview with The Hindu, Crazy Mohan said that "no attempt at comedy could ever match Bama Vijayam".

[18] Film historian Mohan Raman wrote that Balaiah "[excelled] as the concerned head of the family".