Thenum Paalum

Honey and Milk) is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by P. Madhavan.

One day on his visit to Madras to attend an important case, an unexpected event happens in Thangam's life.

The purpose of this visit is to buy a land from Somanathan to build a factory for Ramu's new business.

Same night, by mistake Ramu drinks alcohol which looks alike water and got boozed and drunken.

With this drunken state he doesn't want to stay at Thangam's place and decided to leave the guest house.

Mainly how he handles his mother-in-law aka Janaki's mother and her troublesome doubt relating to Ramu's extra marital affairs.

Meanwhile, while returning from his Madras case visit advocate Somanathan learns that his beloved daughter Thangam went to Rameswaram for a picnic (as informed by his wife (Thangam's mother) and his other daughters) and suspected to be dead in the severe storm struck in the coastal town, Rameswaram.