| Director | P. Madhavan |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
Babu, a Bachelor of Arts graduate working as a ticket taker at Shanthi Theatre, often hitchhikes to work. During one such ride, he meets Vimala, and the two gradually fall in love. Babu tells her he will marry only after securing a better job. Vimala’s uncle Varatharajan later comes to approve of their relationship.
Meanwhile, Somanathan, a wealthy paper mill owner, seeks a groom for his daughter Gowri. By chance, Gowri meets Babu and offers him a job at her father’s mill. After Babu is publicly humiliated at Gowri’s birthday party over a missing necklace, Somanathan intervenes, apologizes, and formally employs him.
Vimala introduces Babu to her family, but events take a tragic turn when Gowri is diagnosed with incurable uterine cancer, a fact her parents conceal from her. After a proposed marriage alliance for Gowri collapses, she grows closer to Babu and proposes to him. Aware of his daughter’s limited time, Somanathan pleads with Babu to marry her, and Babu reluctantly agrees.
After the marriage, Vimala believes Babu abandoned her for wealth. She later joins the paper mill as Gowri’s assistant, creating tension. To protect Gowri from despair, Babu and Somanathan pretend she is pregnant, allowing her to live happily in her final months. Babu secretly searches for a cure for Gowri's cancer but fails.
Eventually, Gowri learns of both her illness and Babu’s past relationship with Vimala. Accepting her fate, she urges Babu to marry Vimala and dies in his arms. Devastated, Babu leaves the house carrying a doll Gowri cherished as their child. Vimala later finds him and pleads for his understanding, but Babu silently walks away.