The movie starts with a mature Arun Kumar (Prasanna), now a district collector. The story is narrated in a flashback where his father Palaniappan (Sarath Babu) wants him to get married. Palaniappan used to be a rich film producer and had borrowed money from a rich person, but is unable to repay his debt. The rich man wants his daughter to marry Arun, but Arun does not want to marry. Umashankari (Meera Jasmine) and Arun study at the same college. Uma is a lively, mischievous girl on campus, but at home she faces acute poverty and takes up various odd jobs to take care of her house and to stay away from her sister's husband, who makes advances towards her. In the meantime, Palaniappan attempts suicide because he is deeply in debt. Uma steps in and helps Arun, who is preparing for I.A.S. exams. She does everything to ensure that he becomes an I.A.S. officer; in turn, he promises to marry her and rescue her from her situation. But Uma lands in prison after an unfortunate encounter with her brother-in-law. Will the couple be reunited?