Murugan's wife commits suicide, fearing the advances of the local landlord, and her infant son Ravi is orphaned.

Though beseeched by Radha not to do so, Gopinath is unable to lie and reveals to Ravi the truth about his parentage.

Uma's father is later revealed to be the man responsible for falsifying the evidence that led to Murugan's imprisonment.

Justice Gopinath was the first film where Rajinikanth acted alongside his idol, Sivaji Ganesan.

[6] Kausikan of Kalki felt the character of Justice Gopinath was not on par with other roles done by Ganesan; however he praised the acting of Vijaya and Rajinikanth.