Lalitha is the eldest daughter of a pious and conservative Brahmin family. She has eight siblings and poverty rules reign. Her aunt comes with her unmarried daughter and starts living with them. they are a spendthrift and creates lots of problem. She decides to take up the family mantle and goes to work. She starts work as a office help. she travels to Madras to meet a politician for requesting her brothers medicine seat. She was advised to go home. Another person promises to get a seat for her brother but forces her to something else. she tries to commit suicide and drops it when she talks with her brother. she leaves to Hyderbad with a promotion.