The story focuses on a young businessman, who is of a hyper-possessive nature and therefore he tries to achieve whatever he desires using any means.

While Priya is away from the home for a small work, Vasanth meets Rangarajan and admits the truth to him, but he refuses.

One day, Vasanth Kumar comes to Jaipur for a music audition, which he had missed when he donated blood to Priya.

Shocked by this incident, Vasanth decides to transform himself into a good gentleman and thereby leaves his behaviour as that of a psychopath.

The film ends with a sad note with Vasanth advising the audience "not to live like him, because they will realize their terrific destiny".

[7] Meena was initially approached for the film, but had to turn the offer down due to her busy schedule.

As a result, Vijay travelled to London for advanced medical treatment, where he ended up meeting his eventual wife, Sangeetha Sornalingam.

[10] An alternate climax was filmed where Vijay's character does not die, but Vincent Selva decided against using it.

[4]: slide 12  The song "Hello Maruthi" is based on Boney M.'s version of "Brown Girl in the Ring".

[14] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu stated that Vijay "made sincere efforts to give shape to the negative character" that "he asserts himself in the climax".

Ramanujam added that Kausalya "just fills the bill, while Sujit Sagar makes "a neat essay".

[15] K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times also gave a positive review, comparing Vijay favourably to Kamal Haasan's performance in Sigappu Rojakkal (1978), and also praising Milton's cinematography and Deva's music.

[17] Ji of Kalki praised the performances of Vijay, Kausalya, and Pattukottai Prabhakar's dialogues but felt Nassar was wasted and panned Deva's music and the dance choreography.