The film stars Karan, Neena and Indhu, with Manivannan, Vadivelu, Vadivukkarasi, Fathima Babu, and Delhi Ganesh playing supporting roles.
She lives with her father Shanmugam Pillai (Delhi Ganesh), who is a nadaswaram artist, her mother (Fathima Babu), and her four little sisters.
The village president orders Kannatha to perform a ritual on front of Chintala karai Vekkali amman statue to prove her innocence and chastity.
Although Kannatha successfully completes the ritual, Chinna Durai, Mohana Sundaram, and Ranganayaki hacks her to death and set her ablaze.
Shortly after this, Chinna Durai marries his rich relative Seetha Lakshmi (Indhu), a talkative and naive village girl.
In the climax, Chinna Durai who is against this practice berates the goddess, argues with his wife and hurts her; This inadvertently makes the lemon fall from the trident.
[4] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu opined that "The old fashioned approach of director S. Bharathikannan, based on his story and screenplay, may go well with rural audience, particularly womenfolk".