The film was produced by P. K. R. Pillai under his production house Shirdi Sai Creations, and stars Mohanlal, Ranjini, Nedumudi Venu, Lizy, Poornam Viswanathan, Sreenivasan, M. G. Soman, Sukumari, Maniyanpilla Raju, and Shanavas, while Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair makes a cameo appearance.

Then her father writes a letter that he decides to approve her husband and wants to spend a fortnight's vacation with his daughter and son-in-law in his estate near a tribal community where Menon is the chief.

Kaimal then sees Vishnu who played a trick on a foreigner by telling a lie to him that his brother cannot swim.

Finally, it is revealed that Vishnu is actually an escaped convict from jail who is sentenced to death and the visitor turns out to be the prison warden.

Vishnu's past is shown in flashback and he was a freelance photographer who was married to a woman named Revathy, a mute dancer.

On the last night of Vishnu's stay at the house, he asks Jail Warden, is it possible for him to live, as he started to like life again.

The final scene shows the warden taking Vishnu to jail, where his execution awaits him, with Kalyani watching him leave.

The film's songs were composed by Kannur Rajan and lyrics penned by Shibu Chakravarthy.

The classical Krithis like "Nagumo" and "Swaminatha" featured in the film gained a mass popularity.

Playback singer Sujatha Mohan also sang in the film, marking her return after years of sabbatical.