Guna (Karthikeya) is an easy-going person who thinks the answer to resolving problems is not through violence but negotiation. But what happens when he's forced to the extremes by someone close to him forms the crux of the story.   

While on a trip, a guide starts protecting the central minister's daughter from some Egyptians who want her and a holy diamond in their custody.

Sankara Sastri is a Carnatic musician and a devotee of Lord Shiva. Tulasi, the daughter of a prostitute, admires Sastri's music and decides to spend her life in his service. But, Tulasi who is forced to become a prostitute, takes refuge at Sastri's after slaying a pervert. This creates a scandal and Tulasi leaves the village. Years later, Tulasi returns wishing her son becomes Sastri's student.