Arun is distraught when Chidambaram's version of the events of yore raise questions and doubts about a reticent Laxmi's past and morality. In another twist, Arun finds out that his real mother is Laxmi, an abandoned woman who had been living in Chitra's house. But the kind-hearted Chidambaram had decided to adopt and raise Arun as his son. Chidambaram reveals to Arun that he is not his real son and years ago he and Kali had been deputed to kill the infant Arun and his mother by Arun's own father. One night, when a hit man Kali, sent by his rivals attempts to murder Arun in his house and Chidambaram seems to recognize the hitman and lets him escape, Arun confronts his father to know the truth. Arun runs into constant tiffs with a pretty but combative hotel dancer, Chitra ( Poornima Jayaram) and eventually they both fall in love. Arun (Rajinikanth) is the haughty and belligerent son of rich parents Chidambaram (V.