Sweet Dreams) is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language drama film written, directed and produced by K. Bhagyaraj, starring himself, Radhika and Sivaji Ganesan.
[2][3] Subramaniam "Subramani", an economics graduate from PSG College in Coimbatore, struggles to make ends meet.
Captain Chidambaram, a retired army officer, owns a cycle shop in the same village and rents a portion of his house to Subramani.
Subramani's mother arranges for his eldest sister to marry a mute groom, citing the absence of dowry demands.
However, Captain Chidambaram intervenes, advising the eldest daughter to wait for a more suitable match rather than settling for an unsatisfactory arrangement.
Unbeknownst to his family with Captain Chidambaram's help, he embarks on a journey to Madras to seek employment opportunities.
In Madras, he encounters a young woman who poses as a police officer and convinces him to stay nearby.
Once Subramani saves Chidambaram's friend's daughter from a group of miscreants, she eventually develops feelings for him.
Chidambaram suffers a heart attack but refuses surgery, opting instead to allocate the funds to support Subramani's family.
Subramani then realizes that his sisters are actually in love with three other men: a tailor, a laundry man, and Postman Ponnusami.