As per some cinema analysts, the story of the film advises young people to be aware of their own attitudes, such as understanding, fairness and patience as they will lead them to a better married life.

[2] Also Nita Fernando reached the peak of her cinema career by winning the OCIC Best Actress Award in that year for the movie.

A bored housewife married to a university lecturer, her cousin, seeks out external influences to remedy her boredom in 1970s middle-class society in Sri Lanka.

One day, the young man invites the lady and family except the husband Suraweera, to visit a ship that had arrived from abroad at the Colombo port.

Inside the ship, the lady and the young man are left alone and their hidden feelings are exposed as a love affair blooms.

Later on, one neighbor who likes to gossip about other people's matters notices this love affair and informs the husband several times through anonymous phone calls.

During this time, the lady also begins to understand the complexity of this illicit affair as her only intention was to wipe out her boredom, although the lover is actually very serious about it.

Sujatha Aththanayaka and Abeywardena Balasuriya duet on "Bonda Meedum Kandu Relle", which was penned by Ajantha Ranasinghe.