Balaji(Sriman), Kannan(Ramesh Khanna), Michael(Karunas) and Salim(Trilok) are four friends who have faced several disappointments and now have different ambitions to succeed in life. They come across Jaya(Ramya Krishnan), who encourages them to stand on their own legs in order to succeed. But Jaya has her own sad past. She lost her best friend in college Priya(Sherin), due to the machinations of three bigwigs in society and is now on a crusade to extract revenge on them.

While the name Jaya indicates that this movie is going to revolve around a female protagonist, it does not head in that direction for a substantial portion of the running time. We do see Ramya Krishnan going around to courts and women's hostels and get the idea that she is chasing something but the bulk of the time is devoted to the four friends. Ramesh Khanna's plight and lies to cover up his position and his attempts at different professions are funny for a while but we soon become bored since we know that theirs is not the main story. Even after they meet Ramya Krishnan, the movie suddenly has her encouraging the foursome Pudhu Vasantham -style. The director's aim is obviously to maintain the suspense about Ramya's past but she has milked it far longer that it is worth.

The revelation about Ramya's past raises some sympathy by its very nature. Sherin energetically plays the playful college girl and enlivens the proceedings for a while. But the way Ramya finds out about the men behind her death is a glaring mistake. When Sherin has jumped off the building of her own accord, why would the villains pay off the doctor to keep silent about the postmortem? What exactly would the doctor have found in her autopsy that would have incriminated the bigwigs? It also raises some questions about the earlier portions of the movie. If the three bad guys are public figures with well-known faces, why was Ramya visiting courts and women's organizations in search of them?

Ramya's revenge on the three bad guys lacks any kind of excitement. Some slipshod editing leads to her hugging 'Pepsi' Vijayan a split second before she disposes him off. The second murder is plain silly while the third reminds us of Ajith's MO to reveal the villain's true colors in the recent Villan . The four friends are finally brought into the picture only for the final piece of revenge.

Ramya Krishnan looks great and is also charismatic and it is such a pity that she is wasted in such insignificant movies. Sherin(of Thulluvadho Ilamai fame) is lively in her short role and manages to make her character a lovable one. Sriman exerts himself overly, whether shouting at the employment exchange or advising eloping lovers. Ramesh Khanna delivers a few laughs initially but quietens down soon. Karunas is barely noticeable. Vani Vishwanath makes a special appearance as a policewoman and lives upto her image as the current action queen of Malayalam cinema. Ambika earns our sympathy once again(when we consider how far the once-leading heroine has fallen) in a brief, insignificant role as hostel warden.