Dheepam

Somu and Kannan are brothers. During a small fight, Somu injures Kannan and believing him to be dead runs away from home. Somu is taken in Raja the elder, who adopts him as a son, also naming him Raja. The younger Raja becomes a smuggler. Before dying, the father hands over everything he has to Somu, now Raja, including his daughter Latha for him to take care her. However, due to their shady business, he is unable to find a groom for her. Radha is Latha's friend and Raja is in love with her. She however shuns him for the same reason as others. They both meet Kannan and take a liking to him. Soon, Raja realises Kannan is his brother and showers love and riches on him. When he finds out Radha and Kannan are in love, he solemnises their marriage too. However, soon, Radha and Kannan start to suspect Raja's true intentions driving Kannan to drinking. Unable to declare the true relationship between Kannan and him as it would ruin the life of his sister who absolutely believes that he is everything in addition to him giving his word that he will never reveal that he is not her brother to their father, he takes on all the abuse. In the end, he kills himself to solve all problems asking Kannan to arrange for Latha's marriage. == Cast ==