Kottappuram Kuruppu (Madhu) is an ill-tempered head of an aristocratic Nair family. His family consists of his wife Kathamma (Srividya) , 3 daughters and a son. Two of his daughters are married and his son in laws are Sreedharan Nair (Innocent ) and Gopalan Nair (Nedumudi Venu). His son Babu (Shankar), a mechanic is in love with their caretaker Kuttayi(Sankaradi)'s daughter Ammu (Soorya ). The younger daughter, Sumathi (Nalini), a school teacher is in love with her colleague Balachandran (Devan).