Chippy

"Hitler" Madhavan Kutty (Mammootty) is obsessively protective about his 5 younger sisters. He is even opposed to his sister Ammu (Vani Viswanath) mingling with their cousin & her fiancé Balakrishnan (Mukesh). Balakrishnan's sister Gauri (Shobana) is in love with Madhavan Kutty, but he keeps her at a distance because he believes she is bad influence on his sisters. Things turn sour between the cousins due to a major misunderstanding and the rest of the movie is about how it all plays out.

Jayadevan (Dileep), who is after someone named Ananthan, is himself on the run from two thugs & seeks refuge with his friends Hariprasad (Sainuddin), Bahuleyan (Harisree Asokan) & Premadasan (Jagadish). When Jayadevan learns that the granddaughter Athira (Divya Unni) of Neelakantan Vaidyar (Captain Raju), who owned the Ayurveda ashram where his friends work, is the lover of Ananthan, Jayadevan decides to pretend to be a Swami to infiltrate the ashram & to get close to Athira & hence to Ananthan.

When Unnikrishnan (Jayaram), although highly educated, finds it difficult to get a teaching job, he applies for the job of a private detective with a firm called Secret Files. As a trainee, he is asked to find out the details of Arundathi Nair (Rohini), the daughter of a rich businessman Ananthapadmanabhan (Sukumaran), as part of a marriage proposal investigation. Little did he know that two other trainees are also on the case - Oomen Koshy (Jagathy Sreekumar) & Premshankar (Manian Pillai Raju).

Malavika (K.P.A.C. Lalitha) of the Kunnathu family has three sons - Sreedharan (Jagathi Sreekumar), Dineshan (Manian Pillai Raju) & Balachandran (Jayaram). The elder two have all girl children, which doesn't bode well with Malavika, who is obsessed with the idea of having a boy in the household. Balachandran falls in love & marries Ambika (Sudharani), but when they too get a girl child, Balachandran is forced to lie about this & pretend that his pal Pappan's (Biju Menon) boy child is his own.

"Aadu" Thoma (Mohanlal), a notorious rowdy in the small town of Injimukku & his father, Chacko (Thilakan), a famed Math teacher who was felicitated by the Indian President, both hate each other & isn't on talking terms, with Thoma's mother Mary (K.P.A.C. Lalitha) & sister Jancy (Chippy), torn between them. Thoma's old childhood friend Thulasi (Urvashi) returns to town, & although Thoma gets initially irritated by her antics, he starts reforming bit by bit. However, Thoma's old foes don't let go.

Millionaire Achuthan Nair (Thilakan) of the Manikyamangalam family, shocks his greedy relatives waiting for his demise, when he reveals that he has an illicit daughter, Shoba, from an old affair. His relatives hire an imposter, Balagopalan (Mukesh), to pose as Shoba's husband & tell Nair that Shoba is dead, thus ending Nair's wait for his daughter. Prabhakara Menon (Nedumudi), Nair's pal, on the other hand, tries to prevent Balagopalan from saying this, fearing for Nair's fragile health.

Nandagopal aka Nandu (Jayaram) & wife Indira (Kanaka) are lecturers in the same college, but poles apart in personality. Nandu is outgoing & freely mingles with the students, whilst Indira is stern & keeps a distance from everyone. Indira's sternness riles 3 unruly girl students - Monica (Sonia), Reshma & Priya (Thezni Khan) - who, along with their male pals, fabricate an affair between Nandu & Ganga (Chippy), another girl student, causing discord in Nandu's & Indira's life & driving them apart.

Abhirami (Chippy), lovechild of famous doctor Dr. Saratchandra Varma (Narendra Prasad) falls in love with her boss, Roy (Siddique), the owner of the advertising company where she worked. However, when Roy demands to know her whereabouts, Abhirami is torn between her father who didn't want to publicly acknowledge her & her lover. After a failed suicide attempt, Saratchandra Varma decides to accept her, but Abhirami's local guardian, her uncle Vishnu (Shammi Thilakan), poses obstacles.

Vijay Bhaskar (Mammootty), a well-off builder who lived separated from his wife & who tried to keep his kids Sudhi & Anu away from her, gets into a predicament when a stranger, Hema (Priya Raman), forcibly dons the role of the kids' mother, while they were in Bangalore for a short stay. The kids who had always been on the search for their mom, assumes Hema to be her & doesn't let go, forcing Vijay to play along. Vijay enters into a pact with Hema to continue the act till their stay was over.

Unemployed youth Kunjananthan (Dileep) faces ridicule from his family & loses his girlfriend Shanthini (Geetha Vijayan) after he is falsely accused of a theft. Dejected with life, Kunjananthan repeatedly attempts to commit suicide, but each attempt is foiled by fate. Finally, a new job & a new girlfriend, Latha (Devayani), breathes life into his existence & he yearns to live again.

Gopi (Dileep) falls in love with his neighbor Anjali (Manju Warrier), & Anjali reciprocates, but later decides to sacrifice her love because of her still unmarried elder sisters, mute Ashwathy (Mohini) & Aarti (Chippy). Learning of her reasoning, Gopi takes it upon himself to get Ashwathy & Aarti married off, so that he & Anjali could marry. However, the sisters' abusive half-brother Raghu (Meghanadhan) poses a threat to Gopi's plans.

Seeking revenge for her humiliation in college at the hands of spoilt brat Jayan (Jayaram), Radhika (Shobana) entraps him into a marriage with her, & proceeds to make his life a living hell. However when Jayan's cousin, Pinky S. Menon (Heera Rajgopal), shows up from Delhi & they start getting too close for comfort, Radhika gets second thoughts about her revenge plan & realizes that she does care for Jayan after all.

Famous poet & novelist Chandradas (Mammootty) comes to Kodaikanal for a sojourn where he meets his long-lost daughter Haritha (Chippy) during a school function. 15 years ago, Chandradas had abandoned Haritha & her mother Anitha (Sasikala) in Calcutta, after an altercation. Chandradas now wants his daughter back & embarks on a legal battle to obtain her, with Haritha now torn between her biological father & her stepfather, Dr. Harikumara Menon (Lalu Alex).

Murugan (Manoj K. Jayan), gangster & leader of the Kozhikode Palayam market, locks horns with his ex-mentor Ranganathan Swamy (Narendra Prasad) & businessmen Thattel Mani (C.I. Paul), Thattel Bobby (Saikumar) & Muhammad Hussain Haji (Rizabawa) after Murugan sides with bust businessman Moosa (Rajan P. Dev) in a land deal where Moosa was cheated out of his land by Haji. Swamy & company kill Moosa & play the hotheaded new city police commissioner Jayamohan (Biju Menon) against Murugan.

Anantha Krishnan (Manoj K. Jayan), an impoverished orphan, comes to eminent singer Raja Raja Varma (Somayajulu J.V.) to learn music, & eventually becomes an accomplished singer himself. Varma's daughter Anju (Chippy) falls in love with Anantha Krishnan & he reciprocates, but Varma would have none of it & kicks Anantha Krishnan out. Years later, Anantha Krishnan, now a famous singer, sees Varma again, only to learn that Anju is now deranged, & Varma broken & repentant.

Krishna Kurup (Thilakan), a factory worker, struggles to make ends meet for his family, while his sons struggle themselves to land stable jobs. While on a trip to secure a job for his second son Vinayan (Jagadish), Kurup & Vinayan meet with an accident, Kurup goes missing & is later presumed dead. Months later, Kurup turns up very much alive, but is shocked to find that his children have already built dreams around the proceeds from his death, & they were not prepared to accept him alive.