An affluent man disapproves of his daughter's relationship with a poor aspiring singer. However, her life changes when the boy meets with an accident. The movie is based on a novel of the same name written by Vidyullatha Sasanoor. This was the second movie of Shivarajkumar as a lead hero and is the second of the first three movies of his which completed a silver jubilee theatrical run. The core plot of the movie was later used Kaho Na… Pyaar Hai which was Hrithik Roshan’s debut as a lead hero. The movie was later remade in Tamil language by P Vasu titled as Love Birds that starred Prabhu Deva and Nagma.

Veeru (Pankaj) hailing from a downtrodden family is interested in studies. His father dies without clearing the debts of the village chieftain Mullayya (Prakash Heggodu). Mullayya does not allow the body to lift for cremation till his debts are cleared. In lieu of his loans he takes away Veeru to work as slave in the house till his father’s loan is cleared. This tragedy for Veeru’s mother Paru (Umasri) dips in misery. She works day and night with two more kinds to clear the loan of Mullayya so that her son Veeru is left free for education.