[2] The film garnered highly positive reviews upon release and was a blockbuster at the box office with a theatrical run of 175 days.

Usha has a crush on three times motorcycle road race champion Aanand who works in her uncle's office.

Aanand lost his father in a motorcycle accident and his only living close relative is his uncle Subbanna who owns a small tailoring shop in Annapoorna's coffee estate.

Annapoorna, meanwhile, fixes Usha's marriage with Mangalore based Mohan Rao's son Vinayak who works as a Flight Lieutenant in the army.

Afterward, she locks up Usha under heavy guard and with the help of her brother sends Aanand to Bombay for a month on the pretext of some urgent job while preponing the marriage.

However, by the time he reaches the wedding hall after combating various obstacles set by Annapoorna, Usha's marriage ceremony gets over.

On the day of Deepavali Usha goes to Aanand's house with sweets for his daughter only to learn that he is still a bachelor and had lied about his family.

Finding that she has left her handbag behind, Aanand goes to Usha's house only to learn that even she had lied about her family life and that her husband was killed three days after their marriage.

However, the climax was changed to a happy ending in the movie unlike in the novel where the hero fails to meet the heroine at the railway station.

[13] The climax sequence of the film in which Dr. Rajkumar adventurously rides through the hilly region in his Jawa Bike was liked by millions of people.