Ramu, a poor boy and an avid reader, works hard and saves money to buy his favourite book. But, situations drive him to take a hard decision when his family members suffer in cold weather.

A middle-aged psychiatrist decides to marry Vasanthi, his recovering patient. Trouble ensues when his nephew also falls in love with her, which drives him insane. Influenced by George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion.