The director (Rudraiyyah) was great in explaining about the feelings of a typical South Indian village girl.
The story revolves around Bhavani, a innocent poor village girl. Initially bhavani fells in love with Arun who was a son of rich landlord. Arun was in true love with bhavani, but suddenly bhavani's marriage was fixed with her relative, and she explains it to arun, but arun was a coward and he fails to explain his love to his father.
Bhavani's starts her marriage life unwillingly, but later she realised that her husband was innocent and loves her truly. Both were living a happy married life until they got relocated to bhavani's own village.
Arun convinces bhavani to accept him since he could not forget bhavani. But bhavani refuses, and arun attempts for suicide which eventually attracts the sympathy of bhavani. Arun threatens bhavani to accept him or else he will commit suicide attempt again, still bhavani explains that her husband was very innocent and he has nothing else except her love. But arun refuses and turns violent so bhavani runs to end her life, but unexpectedly bhavani's husband heard all thier conversation and he asks bhavani to choose which ever life she likes. But bhavani fells at the feet of her husband and burst into Tears. Finally a villager and well wisher of bhavani who knows everything about bhavani kills arun and convinces bhavani to start a new beginning (Athiyayam).