[1] It was an average success,[2] but Gautami won numerous accolades for her performance, including the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil.

The man's father learns of the affair; helps his son set up a scene to introduce Nivedha to their dominated mother, Vedavalli.

Vedavalli likes the girl immediately and goes on to the Judge's house asking for Nivedha's hand to his first wife and ends up being bashed up.

Meanwhile, the illicit wife gets arranged to be awarded for her acting skills from the hands of her own-not-publicly-known husband by their drama company chief played by Janagaraj.

The couples stay in Ooty where Madhu falls in love with Nandha and that's when it is shown that Nivedha has turned mentally retard after the accident.

Though Nandha firmly resists the entry of Madhu in his life, he is helpless in needing help to look after Nivedha when he's not at home.