Affluent, self-assured college student Maya (Nalini) develops feelings for her new lecturer Vaishakan (Mammootty). Vaishakan criticizes her poem at a collegiate arts competition, and she later develops feelings for him. Due to negative experiences in his personal life, Vaishakan has grown cynical, resentful, and anti-authoritarian and does not give a damn about his life. He is urged to stop drinking by his fellow professor Venu (Lalu Alex), an old acquaintance he hasn't seen in a while. Venu also advises him to work for a stable family life. Her family wants her to wed Mohan (Mukesh), the son of a family friend, because they see it as a good match. Vaisakhan, meanwhile, is not concerned with Maya's amorous feelings and
