Directed by Bharathan, the film is about a young man's revenge against his uncle who grabbed his family properties by expelling his mother and grandfather from the house.

Rahman, Thilakan, Shobhana, Nedumudi Venu, Ashokan, Santhakumari, and Babu Antony appeared in leading roles.

His sister lost her normal life due to Shankunni, an assistant of Parmu's uncle, who tried to rape her during a festival which also happened long back when Paramu was a child.

One day, on the request of his grandfather for the Chilambu (a special ornament of religious significance), Paramu sets off to the place of his ancestral home.

But after experiencing some traumatic supernatural incidents the night after he decided to sell the chilambu, he opts to abandon the idea.

Yet whether Paramu could make a good life after possessing the chilambu (which asserts the truth value of belief systems) remains an unanswered question.

Ambika successfully twists and makes use of the opportunity for a better life which is denied to her (she has a bad omen) because of similar belief systems.

Her brother, who has turned from medicine to black magic, also remains a contradictory symbol of these belief systems and rituals.