Professor J. Venkiteshwaran receives a
Padma Bhushan for the designs of planes he built for the
Indian Air Force. Venkiteshwaran receives a phone call from his old love interest Janaki's daughter, Gouri, who requests him to meet her terminally ill mother, as it is her final wish. Whilst on the train back to his hometown, the film goes into a flashback. A young Venkiteshwaran, known as Venkidi, has often dropped-out of school despite his intelligence due to bullying for his use of a hearing aid. He has a love of aircraft and has been attempting to fly an aircraft that he built himself, which he fails at. He falls in love with Janaki, who supports his dreams. Venkidi decides to build a new aircraft with the help of Janaki and steals her father's car for the aircraft parts. Venkidi is successful in building the aircraft and flies it over his village, however he crashes the aircraft, injuring his arm. Janaki's father learns of her love for Venkidi and forbids her from seeing him. Venkidi fixes the aircraft and flies it for the second time safely. Janaki's father learns that Venkidi stole his car and gets him arrested. In his jail cell, Venkidi learns that Janaki is being sent to Singapore to her relatives for higher studies and will be getting married. Venkidi who has been imprisoned for many days is allowed to visit Janaki. He then proceeds to take his aircraft and flies past Janaki before she boards her flight. He crash lands the aircraft at the airport and as he is escorted by police officers, he sees Janaki for one last time. In the present, he arrives at his hometown and is visited by Janaki and her daughter. Venkidi fulfills his dream of flying his old aircraft with Janaki. ==Cast==