The film has musical score by Dulal Sen.[1][2] The movie is based on the novel Saakumagalu [3] by Ta.Ra.Su.

[4] Chenna (Rajkumar) and Honna (Ranga) are brothers in a small village live with their Mother (Jayashree).

Chenna is married to Leela (Jayanthi) and works with his brother on their land as a farmer.

Naagi (Chandrakala) is an orphan and is regarded as someone who brings bad luck to people.

Leela goes her parents house for few days, and gets stuck due to her mother's illness.

Chenna hearing the noises runs down and sees what happened and chases Honna away.

Chenna wants to get Honna back and get him married to Naagi, but the mother intervenes and says it won't sit well with the village and that it's a matter of status for the family.