The film begins with Murugesan being released from the Central Jail, Palayamkottai, after 17 years. The story rewinds to 1991 when he was an unruly youngster in
Sivasailam village near
Tenkasi. His parents are flower-sellers. Life is a long, sunny adventure for Murugesan, who beats people up, sells his grandfather's land, runs over rooftops, and incurs so much of his father's wrath that he is prophesied to meet a horrible end – not that this gloomy prospect affects him. He continues on his own sweet way until he runs into Parijatham, a demure and beautiful Iyer girl, the daughter of Panjami Iyer and the younger sister of Gayatri Iyer. Meanwhile, the village's bigwig Periyavar, who is magnanimous in public and a tyrant at home, casts his eyes on Parijatham. He places his pawns carefully and cautiously so as not to be found out. Periyavar and Murugesan come close to fighting many times, but the situations defuse themselves naturally. Several twists in the tale occur, and Murugesan and Parijatham are bound in a net from which there is seemingly no escape. ==Cast==