Mohan(Kamalhassan), who is in jail on a trumped-up charge, saves Chitra(Radha) from an assassin and she falls in love with him. The killer has in fact been hired by Kailash(Jaishankar), the manager of Chitra's elder sister Malini(Ambika). Kailash hopes to marry Malini and thereby acquire all her wealth. When Chitra takes Mohan to meet Malini, Malini reveals that she and Mohan were infact lovers in college and accuses him of fathering her baby while Mohan refuses the charge outright.

The first scene, a boxing match in jail, announces loud and clear that this is going to be a masala movie and keeping that in mind, things are enjoyable for a while. Radha and Janakaraj posing as a poor woman and her uncle leads to some funny scenes. Janakaraj and 'Kovai' Sarala, as the suspicious husband and his helpless wife, also generate some laughs. The first scene where she crashes against Kamal has some very funny lines. Thankfully, the track gets closure in a sensible manner before it outgrows its welcome. There is also the usual dose of fights, extravagant duets and mother sentiments.

As in Mr. Bhaarath , where Rajnikanth poses as a rickshaw driver, the sequence where Kamal poses as Siluvai from the slums irrevocably drags the class and quality of the movie down. While it is possible to admire his mastery of the popular 'Madras tamil' for a little while, his actions and lines are crass and crude. The subsequent dance in the club is the nadir with his vulgar movements and the skimpy dress of the cabaret dancer, coupled with a loud, bad song.

Another disturbing aspect of the movie is the chauvinism evident throughout the movie. The women here are nothing more than doormats. While we have been used to seeing heroines being used as nothing more than glamorous props, it is sad to see the way that Ambika's character, which initially shows signs of being strong, is treated. The scene where Kamal confronts her after his mother's death is particularly irritating in this respect. When Radha tries to stop him from slapping Ambika, she actually says that he can continue since he is just exercising his rights, which he is supposed to have got by fathering her baby!

Kamal fights and dances his way through the movie with no scope whatsoever for his histrionic skills. The scene where his mother dies is the only one where he is given a chance to emote. Sisters Ambika and Radha ruled tamil cinema during this time and as was typical in movies where they appeared together, Ambika's role offers a little scope for acting while Radha is little more than a glamour doll who is at hand for the duets. Ilaiyaraja has two melodious songs in Kookoo Endru Kuyil... and En Kaadhal Maharani....