The film is a remake of the 1987 Hindi movie Khudgarz which in turn was based on Jeffrey Archer's 1979 novel Kane and Abel.

Raja is a milkman while Ashok is the son of rich businessman and hotelier Gangadharam.

Ashok falls in love with Shanthi, a poor girl, but his father is against the wedding.

But with goodness in heart and the old friendship in mind, Raja gives back the property to Ashok.

Both of them plan to kill Raja by mixing poison in his milk factory; information is passed to Ashok by Kamala, that's why she is tortured by Srikanth and Gangadharam, Raja saves her and discovers their plan to put poison in the milk.

But she insisted on the director to cast Nagma as she was already busy with her film Tholi Muddu.