In the film to spurn his landlord's daughter Indira, Chanthu writes love letters to an imaginary Vasumathi.

After finding out about this, Thampuram forces Chanthu to write love letters to "Vasumathi," an imaginary woman from the fictional "Thottakkattukara" village, and makes sure Indira stumbles upon them.

Seeing the dilemma that Chanthu is facing, Vasumathi helps him and reveals her own origins: she was born in a rich family and was the sole heir of their wealth.

That, along with her refusal to marry her cousin Aravindan, led Vasumathi to be "exorcised" by a fake Hindu priest.

The tortures inflicted on Vasumathi, along with her supposed guilt over the recent deaths, is what almost drove her to commit suicide until she received Chanthu's letters.

Unknown to Vasumathi, her relatives, led by her uncle Ramu, coveted her inheritance and hired the priest to torture her into committing suicide.

When Vasumathi decides to show Chanthu the letters, Indira appears, having recently learned about what Thampuran did.

Chanthu tries to save Vasumathi from her family, Aravindan manhandles and sends him back to Madras in disgrace.

However, with the film crew's help, Vasumathi burns the priest's beard, and they terrify him with more special effects, making him leave for good.

Ramu orders the relatives and their thugs to murder Chanthu and the film crew while he confronts Vasumathi.

Vasumathi's grandfather entrusts Chanthu and the film crew to take care of her before he is also arrested for killing Ramu.

The title of the film and the name of the protagonist is taken from the 1989 classic Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, in which the character of Chanthu is known by the sobriquet of Chathiyan Chandu (literally 'Chandu the Betrayer').

[3] The first scene of the film was shot in Varikkasseri Mana, a traditional aristocratic Namboothiri family house.

Sify gave the film a "Disappointing" verdict and wrote: "Jayasurya lacks screen presence and the characterisation has let him down badly.

Songs tune by debutante Alex Paul are disappointing and on the whole Chanthikatha Chanthu takes audience for a big royal ride.

The character played by Salim Kumar, Dance master Vikram has been subject to many memes over the years.