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 Subramaniam.
Subramaniam'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.
Chidambaram suffers a heart attack but refuses surgery, opting instead to allocate the funds to support Subramaniam's family.
However, during the wedding ceremony, Subramaniam discovers that his sisters are not interested in marrying the groom Subramani had chosen as they were motivated by money.
Subramaniam then realizes that his sisters are actually in love with three other men: a tailor, a laundry man, and Postman Ponnusamy.