He acts so meanly in front of little Somu, (Mangalam's elder son), the terrorised child who memorises the face of Duraiswamy.

His young brother Ramu, a police officer of a formidable efficiency, big in integrity and whose reputation precedes him, is moved into the same direction as Duraiswamy!

Ramu is in love with Jaya, who turns out to be one of the two girls of Duraiswamy, the criminal whom Somu has looked for desperately for years.

Somu wants death, whereas Ramu demands a judgment (sentence) in front of a court for the murderer of their mother!

He said M. G. Ramachandran gave a "consummate performance" while Ganesan was "almost an unsympathetic role [..] he tends to overdo" and Jayalalithaa "tries hard to make presence felt".