Usharani

Best friends Vishwam (Mohanlal) & Johnny (Lal), struggling to get by in Mumbai with their shady pasts & often under the scrutiny of the cops, kill a man, Damodaran (Siddique), in a mishap. Knowing about Damodaran's whereabouts from a bag he leaves behind, Vishwam feels obligated to help his family & goes to Kerala, & although is rebuffed by Damodaran's headstrong sister Bhanu (Manju Warrier), sticks around. Soon Johnny also follows suit to Kerala, but Vishwam gets concerned about Johnny's ways.

Raju (Kamal Hassan), son of rich businessman Ambadi Rajasekharan Thampi (Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair) & a Hindu, falls in love with & marries poor Christian working girl Elsa (Zarina Wahab), against both families' opposition. Elsa supports Raju, who was still a college student, through college till he gets his IAS & becomes a sub-collector, after which they had plans to start a family. However, their dreams are shattered when Elsa gets diagnosed with terminal leukemia.

Middle class man Haridas (Jagadish) marries Shailaja (Urvashi), who was born & brought up in a wealthy family. After the marriage, Shailaja is unable to adjust to the modest ways of Haridas's household, & in an attempt to get Haridas under her control, she rebels & finally forces Haridas to separate from his joint family & move to a rented house with her. Later, discords appear between them, which causes for them to separate.