The film stars Rajinikanth in a dual role, with Nadhiya and Radha portraying his characters' love interests.

It revolves around Raja, a rich estate owner's son who seeks to avenge his father's death.

A rich estate owner Vishwanathan is killed by his second wife Sarasu and her brother Aadimoolam for his property.

To bring the culprits to book, he makes his friend Sethupathi, a rickshaw puller, act as Raja.

In the same village where Raja lives, there exists his lookalike, Chinnaraasu, whose aim in life is to wed his sweetheart Lakshmi.

[2] The song "Vaa Vaa" was initially planned to be shot in Ooty but due to heavy rainfall, the crew decided to shoot the song in Coonoor and again went back to Ooty when it was not raining and completed the remaining shoot.

[11] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express appreciated Ilaiyaraaja's music, Arunachalam's writing and Rajinikanth's dual role performance, adding, "the film is entertaining despite the abundant cliches and to-the-hilt commercialism".