An idealistic doctor gives up a promising career to serve a poor village.

Successful surgeon Kadheeravan (MGR) is kidnapped by henchmen of dreaded dacoit Kanakeyam (Nambiar), and led to a secret location to treat their ailing boss. After fixing up the patient, Kadheeravan escapes, but crashes his car and ends up unconscious in a remote village. He is nursed back to life by Kanamma (Jaya) and eventually falls in love with her and moves to the village permanently to be with her. Neither knows that Kanamma is the dacoit's daughter... Remake of Shakti Samanta's 'Saawan ki Ghata,' this has some hardcore nationalistic bombast, not surprisingly made at a stage when MGRs political career was about to soar.—Joyojeet Pal