Vishwa, a well-known artist, loses his mind after the death of his lover. Kamala, an admirer of his art, decides to help him recover.

After the death of his parents, Surappa is raised by his grandparents. He grows up to become a beloved leader but loses power due to his evil cousin Nanja's treachery.

Putnanja, a poor farmer, falls in love with Roja, a city-bred woman. They get married despite opposition from her mother, but differences soon crop up between them.

Twin brothers, Cheluva and Raja, are separated in their childhood by a dreaded gangster. While Cheluva becomes a criminal, Raja becomes an established engineer.

Ravishankar, a bank manager, is transferred to Bengaluru where he falls in love with the CM's daughter, Kasturi. Ravi decides to step up when the terrorists kidnap her to settle scores with the CM.

Raja, a young man, crosses paths with Prema and falls in love with her. However, their union is opposed by her father, who wishes her to get married to a man of his choice.

Kranti Rayanna, a business tycoon in Europe is invited by his favorite teacher to attend the Centenary celebrations of the school. Kranti begins a revolution and takes the fight on with Salatri Group trying to takeover 12,000 government schools and privatize them.

The movie starts with Ramesh doing his routine job in Bangalore City. In his native city, his aunt lives with her children Gauri and Gunda. When Gauri attains puberty, her mother thinks of getting her married to Ramesh and writes a letter communicating the same though the village Sheregar. On hearing this, Ramesh starts daydreaming about his cousin and soon to be wife Gauri. He also tries to educate himself by trying to buy some adult books. Gauri however is still very immature and continues her playful acts like a little village belle.

Mohan, an alcoholic, gets married to Sharada, a music teacher. Tragedy soon strikes their life when Antony sets his eyes on Sharada and tries to take undue advantage of her.

Karuvarai, being a prime example for an utopian village which has no crimes, people are taught self-discipline as a way of life,and honesty and hard work is valued. The villagers even shun a prestigious award for the model village, but don't want the local politicians to interfere in their way of functioning, which earns wrath of politicians.