Senathipathi Thevar and Lingappan Naicker , another rich respected village man and their area chief, are best friends.

Lingappan Naicker's daughter Aishwarya, a clever, beautiful and arrogant girl, returns after studying in the city.

then, Nagappa Naickar can make his son marry her and get all properties of Lingappa's to himself, including canal's check-dams owned by him.

When he is about to, Nagappa Naickar and his son come and drag Aiswarya out to be wed. Lingappa shoots both of them dead and starts to find Sethupathi.

At the dying moments, Senathipathi consents for marriage and he removes the thali from his dead wife's neck and gives it to Sethupathi.

[2] R. P. R. of Kalki praised Sathyaraj's performance but felt Rathnakumar's direction was similar to his mentor Bharathiraja and also added when the world of cinema is heading towards grandeur and many other things, the makers are still stuck with subject like caste and its consequences.

[3] Ratnakumar later worked on a project titled Enna Solla Pogirai featuring debutants Nandha, Saikiran and Gayathri Raguram in 2001, but the film was later stalled.