The movie starts with Mukundan as a
cab driver in
Mysuru,
Karnataka. He meets Hema during a trip when Hema, who works as a drama artist, gets held up late in the night due to the troupe's bus breaking down. A friendship grows between them. Mukundan shifts his residence due to his roommate's bad behaviour, to the area where Hema lives. One day, when Mukundan reaches to pick up a trip from a lodge, he finds his client Sreeram in a serious condition after a suicide attempt, and Mukundan saves his life by the prompt action of calling
emergency medical services. There, he meets the family of his client, which reflects a wonder in him, and finally goes through a flashback in which his past as a bank field officer in a remote
Karnataka village is narrated. Through a series of events, he meets and falls in love with Radha and plans to get married. But her brother Parthan, without knowing the relationship, plans to get Radha married to Sreeram, her lecturer from college. Mukundan falls into a trap conspired by a local goon and money lender, Mukundan's boss (who is on suspension for misappropriation of bank money), and he gets arrested by the police on charges of defrauding the bank. Without knowing the fact that Mukundan is innocent, Radha is forced to marry Sreeram. In a fight that occurs when Mukundan returns to the village, he gets bail, the local goon, Thimmaiah, is killed, and Radha's brother goes to jail, taking the responsibility. Mukundan loses his job and works as a cab driver for a living. We meet Radha again at the hospital as a guilt-stricken wife who cannot transform into a wife in the full and true sense, as she still longs for Mukundan deeply. Due to this negligent behaviour of Radha, Sreeram tries to commit suicide and is brought back to life by Mukundan at the beginning of the movie. Learning about the miserable condition of Sreeram, Mukundan decides to fake a marriage with Hema and asks Radha to forget him and start a new life as a responsible wife, admitting the change in their lives made by fate. A heartbroken Radha understands the situation and goes into the arms of Sreeram. After Radha's parting, Mukundan asks Hema to return the
thaali (nuptial pendant). Hema becomes emotional, and both of them decide to enter into a family life while walking down the temple on a hilltop, where the marriage was faked, which has now turned into a real commitment, hand in hand. ==Cast==