[3] Ranganathan is a government clerk struggling in life with a low salary and a big family.

He has to support his aged father, his wife, two children, his brother Gopu and an unmarried sister, Susheela.

Though Gopu is a smart young man, he couldn't continue with his college education due to the financial situation in the family.

How the government clerk Ranganathan, her brother, solves the problems forms the rest of the story.

[2][4] According to historian Randor Guy, the film performed average at the box office due its "predictable storyline".