Keerthi Gopinath

When Kumaran (Dileep), a barber by trade who grew up as a bastard, finally learns that he is the illicit son of Kerala Chief Minister M.K.S. Warrier (Nedumudi Venu), he procures a job as a gardener at the minister's residence, to be close to his father, after Warrier expressed reluctance in publicly accepting him. But when news leaks out about Kumaran, Warrier's political rival George Antony (Sphadikam George) tries to exploit the situation by kidnapping Kumaran, & putting the blame on Warrier.

The new Chemistry lecturer in college, Nandakumar Varma (Mammootty), finds it tough to discourage student Sruthi (Annie) who has taken a fancy to him, even after introducing Sruthi to his disabled girlfriend Uma (Shobana), whom Nandakumar had been nursing back to health & for whom he had been remaining a bachelor. Upset over the prospect of losing Nandakumar, Sruthi rebukes Uma, causing her to have a stroke, which worsens her situation. A fully bedridden Uma now asks Nandakumar to marry Sruthi.

When uncouth Achuthan Kutty (Suresh Gopi) shows up at industrialist Sreedhara Menon's (Thilakan) doorstep & claims to be his illegitimate son, Menon refuses to accept him for fear of wrecking his family & societal status. Egged on by Menon's business rival Varma (Rajan P. Dev), Achuthan Kutty sets out on a spree to shame Menon by announcing to Menon's friends & family about himself, without knowing that Varma was just using him to get at Menon to settle their personal differences.