| Director | Sasi |
|---|---|
| Box office | ₹42.2 crore |
Arul Selvakumar is a rich businessman based in Palladam, Tirupur district. His mother, Bhuvaneshwari, is the person behind the growth of their textile business following her husband's early death. Avinashi is Bhuvaneshwari's brother-in-law, who is money-minded and plans to grab Arul's properties. Arul returns from abroad after graduation and takes charge of all the businesses his mother ran. In the meantime, Bhuvaneshwari has an accident in the factory and falls into a coma. All the efforts taken by Arul for her treatment go in vain. By chance, Arul meets a sage at the hospital where his mother is being treated, who tells him there is a way to save his mother. The sage advises Arul to live a 48-day life of a beggar with two conditions: he shouldn't reveal his real identity, and he shouldn't inform anyone else of this. If he completes it, his mother will have a chance to survive.
With no other way to save his mother, Arul accepts both conditions and informs his friend Rajesh to look after the business until he returns. Arul travels to Chennai, joins other beggars at a temple, and starts begging, where he comes across Magizhini and falls in love with her upon seeing her charitable personality. Arul recalls that he and his mother had initially decided to approach Magizhini for her hand in marriage through a matrimonial site. Magizhini later encounters Arul and starts to like his character, without knowing that he is a beggar. Avinashi realises Arul's absence and tries to take over Arul's business. At a wedding ceremony, Magizhini learns that Arul is a beggar and is angered, thinking Arul has misled her. She still does not avoid him as she is impressed more by his good nature. One day, Magizhini's mother sees Arul's photo on her laptop and recalls that he is a rich businessman, and also she had shared her photos with him through the matrimony website a few months ago.
Magizhini is shocked and tries to meet Arul, where she overhears a conversation between Arul and Rajesh, which makes her realise Arul's life as a beggar is to save his mother, and she is even more impressed by his good nature. Rajesh urges Arul to return, but Arul refuses to come with him. Magizhini decides not to disturb Arul until his life as a beggar is still incomplete. Meanwhile, Arul learns from a beggar (who is pretending to be mentally challenged) that a group of doctors who manage a mental health center uses the patients for their medical experiments. Knowing this, the doctors hire goons to murder Arul, who manages to escape from the goons. On his last day as a beggar, Arul is spotted by Avinashi, who tries to kill him, but accidentally stabs Magizhini, who is then admitted to the hospital.
Arul, who is yet to complete his life as a beggar, is left hopeless as he is unable to pay Magizhini's hospital expenses. His beggar friends give him some money to help him, while the police arrests Avinashi. Arul returns home after 48 days, along with Rajesh, to visit his mother and learns that her health has not improved. Arul holds his mother's hands and prays for her recovery. Suddenly, he feels his mother's hands moving. After six months, Bhuvaneshwari completely recovers, and both Arul and Magizhini get married. In the credits, a beggar begs for money from Arul in front of a temple, but Arul gets busy with a phone call and fails to notice the beggar. Bhuvaneshwari gives alms to the beggar. She tells Arul that a beggar's life is so pathetic and that people should never hurt them, as people like themselves cannot lead a beggar's life even for a single day. This implies that she is unaware of Arul leading a lifestyle of a beggar.