text: This is one of the best movies that showcased the versatility of the veteran actor, Thilakan. Thilakan is a worker at a factory and his family consists of his wife, his dad and 3 children.Elder son is trying hard to establish himself in Kerala after having had strong will to stay in Kerala rather than going abroad. Second sonis looking for a Government job and is in love with Chippi. Balachandramenon finally starts a telephone booth and is inaugurated by Circle Inspector(Jagathi Sreekumar, which turns out to be an evergreen comedy in malayalam. Thilakan however wants Jagadeesh to look out for better prospects in the interim of his test results. Jagadeesh also shows some plans to start a business of his own. Once he and Thilakan, traveling to Mangalore for a job needed by Jagadish, meet up with an accident when the lorry they were traveling fell into a river. Jagadeesh escapes and Thilakan is not found. He is believed to be killed in the accident. Thilakan, is an insurance holder for a huge amount and his sons make arrangements to claim it stating that their father is killed in the accident. Thilakan's boss, knowing that Thilakan's family is getting a huge amount, tries to interfere with a fraud story. With the papers being arranged for insurance claim, Thilakan surprisingly returns home alive after being in an Ayurvedic Heritage home under treatment nursing his injuries from the accident. His return , however does not please his sons, Jagadeesh in particular, who by then had laid some business plans eyeing his father's insurance money. They force Thilakan to stay home enclosed in a room without roaming outside so as to claim the insurance amount. Thilakan's return is witnessed by his neighbor who believes that it is his ghost and he turns psychic. Thilakan, unable to bear the humiliation of being locked up in the house and seeing that his sons care about money more than him, finally decides to leave home one night. He is accompanied by Kaviyoor Ponnamma who asks him whether he is leaving her alone behind. The climax scene shows Thilakan and Kaviyoor Ponnamma accompanied by Krishnan Kutty Nair also and the 3 traveling away from their children to lead a new life.