Sukanya is the Village development officer .she does everything except work on the development of the village. she gets wet , sings duets , prances around in glittery clothes , cries , romances Karthik ...Karthik is the son of the village zamindar .His maternal uncle totally controls him and has occupied the ancestral property with his sons . Karthik's sister is married to her cousin ( the maternal uncle's son ) and is ill treated by them .Karthik is the village bumpkin always up-to pranks with other kids . Sukanya comes to the village and a few pranks later both fall for each other .Sukanya tries to redeem him but he does not change as he is scared of his uncle who whips him at every small mistake .Gandimati is Karthik's foster mother who is very affectionate and helpful.The lawyer ( Karthik has to get married within 30 days else the property will go to the government . Karthik tells his uncle that he wishes to marry Sukanya . The uncle and his henchmen come to kill Gandhi mati and humiliate Sukanya in public . In the end Karthik saves her and finally comes of age .Sukanya has a very traditional look on her face . Karthik has a unique dialogue delivery to show his imbecile status . He was on top during-early 90s . He is deeply missed by family audience today . Gandhimati is a pleasure to watch as a loud caring mother to Karthik. She never cries or attracts sympathy for a change from the usual mothers of Tamil movies.