Kalyan (chiru) is an unemployed, living in the city with his roomate (Brahmanandam) with futile efforts in search of jobs. Sasirekha (vijayasanthi) is a medico who misunderstands Kalyan and later falls for him. Kalyan goes to home after receiving a letter from his mother (Annapurna) and knows that his sister (Varalakshmi), who is working in a big factory owned by Chamundeswari (Vanishree), is in love with her elder son. He comes to know from Hemasunder that he loves her and is afraid to accept fearing his mother. Kalyan comes to know that Sasirekha is the daughter of Chamundeswari and he decides to teach her a lesson. When Chamundeswari comes to know of her daughter's love affair, she arranges for an marriage but Sasirekha runs away and marries Kalyan in a temple. The rest of the story is about how Kalyan changes his mother-in-law's mind and unites the two families.