Ramamoorthy, with dreams of being a movie director, moves to the city with his wife Shenbagam, banking on his rich friend Viswanathan to help him. Turns out, Viswanathan is a hen-pecked husband and his wife Meena, an aspiring actress. With the intent on laying their hands on 30 lakhs, Shenbagam begins to act as Viswanathan's wife and Meena, in financial trouble of her own, agrees to be part of the drama. But Andal, who sees Ramamoorthy as the man of her dreams, tries to woo him. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.