It stars Mohanlal, Rekha, Murali, Nedumudi Venu, Sukumaran, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sukumari, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, and Jayabharathi.

With no parents to guide him and with the family business being run by a trusted manager Pillai, Rajiv is free to waste his life and money on drinks and debauchery.

They come across a former football player Chandradas who is in dire need of money for an operation, his wife Annie agrees to give birth to Rajiv's child through traditional surrogacy.

The usually rash and immature Rajiv is now a changed man, reading up books on pregnancy, childbirth and making sure that Annie stays in an atmosphere that is cheerful, beautiful and is taken care of by nurses, provided with the best diet and so on to ensure the birth of a healthy and happy baby.

But by the time of the child's birth, and also being its biological mother,[5] Annie gets emotionally attached to the life that is taking shape in her womb and refuses to part with the baby and starts to become extremely selfish.