The movie tells the story of Kanakambaran, who runs a drama troupe along with his wife Bharati. The company is operating at a loss, but the couple struggle to keep it going as their creditors are breathing down their necks.
One day, they strike gold when Upendra Varma and Radhakrishna Varma ask them to take part a real-life drama: they want Kanakambaran to play Suryanarayanan, the heir to the throne of the palace and childhood sweetheart/ husband of the princess Kanjanalakshmi, who went missing 24 years ago.
Kanakambaran takes up the challenge and as time goes, places his wife as the cook at the royal palace; in the meantime, a bad guy Narasimhan also has an eye for Kanjanalakshmi.
Narasimhan tries to prove that Kanakan is not the real prince through various methods, but fails every time. He brings in Indrasenan Reddy, the royal advisor for the sake but Indrasenan, aware of the evil intentions of Narasimhan and the Telugu speaking community in the palace, helps Kanakan as he is strong enough to protect the princess.
After Gopalan, Kanakan's brother-in-law blabber in the effect of alcohol, Indrasenan realizes that Kanakambaran is actually Suryanarayanan, who was sent away and later adopted by the palace cook, when an internal attack was made on the royal members 24 years ago. Though he learns the truth, he hides it.
In the meanwhile, Narasimhan and gang, with the help of Tripurasundari gets the information of Kanakan being a drama artist and exposes him, leading to the heartbreak of Kanchanalakshmi.
The next day, Narasimhan ties to marry Kanchanalakshmi forcefully but ends up being beaten up by Kanakambaran and his gang, now having learnt the truth of his real identity.
After a fight, Kanakambaran returns to drama world and Narasimhan becomes a good man. Later, Kanjanalakshmi is married to Narasimhan. The story ends with the song of the drama couples dancing.
3 "Azhakaarnna" by Sankaran Namboothiri, Ganga & Priya [Raga: Begada]
4 "Sundarano" by M. Jayachandran & Sujatha [Raga: Punnagavarali]
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