
Maruthu Pandi
In the village Ammapatti, Maruthu Pandi is a coracle operator in day and the village protector at night. The villagers give him food in exchange of his work. Maruthu Pandi has a mentally ill sister Lakshmi who is pregnant and he takes care of Lakshmi like a mother. Kanagavalli, a dancer, slowly falls in love with Maruthu Pandi. Kanagavalli is in fact a police officer who wants to arrest Maruthu Pandi. Maruthu Pandi's real name is Manickam, and after a revealed flashback, police team come to Ammapatti to arrest Manickam. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Top Billed Cast

Ramki
Maruthu Pandi / Manickam

Seetha
Kanagavalli

Nirosha
Kavitha

Nassar
Thiagarajan
S. S. Chandran
Nattamai
Featured Crew

Manoj Kumar
Writer
R. P. Viswam
Dialogue

Ilaiyaraaja
Original Music Composer
R. H. Ashok
Director of Photography
Srinivas Krishna
Editor

Manoj Kumar
Director

Manoj Kumar
Screenplay