The film revolves around a prison warden (Ramachandran) who takes six paroled convicts (M. N. Nambiar, V. K. Ramasamy, Thengai Srinivasan, R. S. Manohar, P. S. Veerappa and Gundumani) to work on a dilapidated country farm in an attempt to rehabilitate them.

The film was produced by S. Manian and Vidwan V. Lakshmanan, who also contributed to the screenplay alongside Thaamarai Manaalan, and Na.

He takes six paroled convicts – Bhaiyaravan (who stabbed a businessman), Mayandi (an ex-barber who knifed a customer), Mounkannu (who stabbed a man and his daughter), Sangili (who drowned his wife), David (who killed a policeman) and Kalayr (who killed his family) – to work with him on a dilapidated country farm, with the intention of rehabilitating them through hard work and kindly guidance.

The group comes across Saroja, an itinerant seller who they get attracted to, but she only gets close to Rajan, after he saves her from a bunch of goons.

Mayandi sees Rajan's magical eyes and gets hypnotised, forcing him to abort the idea of murder.

The convicts gradually reform and become attached to Rajan, who dreams of marrying Saroja, in his mother's presence.

However, Rajan and his men vigorously battle all the thugs and emerge victorious, while the local police capture the corrupt businessman and arrest him.

It was directed and edited by K. Shankar, and produced by S. Manian and Vidwan V. Lakshmanan under the banner Udhayam Productions.

[3] It also featured a love interest for the male lead, unlike the original, and included many references to politics in Tamil Nadu.

[13] Arthur Paris of Film World wrote, "Pallandu Vaazhga has lost the simplicity and charm of the original but has, in doing so, acquired much more mass appeal.