[1] The film was remade in Hindi as Chhoti Bahen, in Telugu as Aada Paduchu, in Kannada as Onde Balliya Hoogalu and in Odia as Punar Milana.

Rajendran, the breadwinner of his family, watches over his young brother, Selvam, a student, his younger sister Meena, and their very ill mother, Gunavathi.

Their cousin, Suriyamoorthy, runs away from his father to the capital, where he becomes a rickshaw driver and offers temporary accommodation to Rajendran and Meena.

Meanwhile, younger brother, Selvam, becomes addicted to horse racing just like his father-in-law, driving his family into financial ruin and neglecting Rajam.

The pre-production crew at Central Studios, Coimbatore, initially planned to merge the plays Parasakthi by Pavalar Balasundaram and En Thangai by T. S. Natarajan to make a film.

Thiruchi Loganathan was initially cast as the lead actor; however, after a few scenes were shot, he was removed as Narayana Murthy was not impressed.