Muthuvelu lives with his mother Deivanai and his grandfather in a mountainous area. Despite being an educated man, he makes his living harvesting honey using traditional methods. The wicked forest officer Sundaram often gets into fight with Muthuvelu. One day, the city girl Kaveri spots Muthuvelu singing a song and she records it with her video camera, she then sends the video to a TV channel. Muthuvelu's song is telecast by the TV channel, Muthuvelu becomes popular in no time thus he becomes a singer.Muthuvelu goes in search of his father. He finds that his father Ratnasabapathy is now married and has three sons. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

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