Once upon a time there lived a princess) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj who stars alongside Meena.

[3] Venkata Subramaniam "Venkat" is an educated unemployed bachelor who is living with his brothers' family.

Being jobless his brothers and their wives insult him often and make him to do ruthless works for their sake.

The only person who showers love for him is his grandmother who dreams that her grandson has a bright future and he would marry a princess.

Lakshmi Prabha is an owner of a Neelagiri Estate and hails from a royal lineage.

During her engagement her father gets a phone call that all his shares face downfall and their properties are lost.

This makes all the relatives to stop the ceremony and flee from the home as they fear nothing will be left for them.

Venkat who believes that as per grandmother's dream he would marry a princess and sets for search of his bride.

Prabha loves him but does not reveal that she is a princess as she does not want a man who comes for her royal identity and money but who comes only for her.

Without knowing the significance of the stone he takes it to temple which leads to police arrest for stealing royal property.

In a collapse and struggle Prabha finds the wedding invitation and understands that Venkat loved her when she was servant maid Lakshmi.

Bhagyaraj offered the role of a drunkard to Charle, feeling only he could pull if off properly.