[2] Aatma (Hariharan) is an international fusion singer and social activist, who protests for the emancipation of women and writes books on the subject.

Through a flashback to visiting students, he narrates the story of the Indian village girl Jyoti (Khushbu) who marries and is then widowed in her formative years, resulting in her dropping out of education.

She copes well with the change in her lifestyle until she discovers that Shyam operates an illegal passport business, hence Jyoti attempts to rebel in vain against her husband.

[3] Jayadevi initially cast Parthiban for Hariharan's role who agreed to act but later pulled out after the film was getting delayed in entering production.

A critic from BizHat.com noted that "the director should be commended for attempting to tell a tale of male domination in society", adding that "the narration is very jerky" and that "he saving grace of the film is Kushboo, who plays the traumatic woman putting up a brave front".