Sivaji Ganesan and Gemini Ganesan are soldiers in the British Indian army in the pre-independence period and are close friends. During an attack by the enemy they get asylum in Savithri's house! Gemini and Savithri fall in love, get married and beget a son. Fate intervenes and they get separated. The rest of the story tells us what twists come across and how things become amicable.