Non-resident Keralite, Puthenpurackal Chandran (Mohanlal), is back from the Gulf, suffused with the satisfaction that he has done his bit to put the family on a sound footing. The middle-aged hero, who had to slog it out in the Gulf for his family, lives with mother (Kaviyoor Ponnamma), sister (Poornima) and three younger brothers (Baiju, Sudhesh and Vishnu).
As time is running out, mother presses Chandran to get married. Thus begins the search for a bride. The plot thickens with Chandran running into his old flame Indira (Shobhana). Life has been rather harsh on Indira, who is now a divorcee with a 10-year-old daughter(Sanusha).
But the family opposes the idea when Chandran expresses his desire to marry the divorcee with a turbulent past. Bowing to the advice of her father, Indira had tied the nuptial knot with Raghuram (Anil Aditya), their family doctor, hardly realizing what she was letting herself in for. To her utter shock, Indira learns on the wedding night that Raghu already has a wife and a daughter!
Her world turns topsy-turvy. Meanwhile, the drug-addict doctor is jailed for killing his wife. So it is left to Indira to look after his daughter, who has a behavioral problem.The second half of the film is taken up by Chandran?s efforts to help Indira ride out the emotional storm.