Gopinathan (Jagadish) works as a textile shop salesman who struggles to make ends meet. Returning from work one day, he accidentally comes in possession of a suitcase from a criminal being chased by the police. The suitcase contains gold and Gopi thinks that it will end his troubles; however things are not easy as it seems.

Two rival coolies from the Mattupetti market, Machan (Mukesh) & Kannan (Baiju), marries Lakshmi (Sree Lakshmy) & Parvathi (Mathu), daughters of cashew-nut businessmen & rivals Kumar Kubera (Jagathi Sreekumar) & Prabhakara Prabu (Oduvil Unnikrishnan), by lying about their background & each claiming to be son of famous businessman Mahadevan (Captain Raju). To keep the truth from coming out, now they have to juggle between their real lives & their false identities in front of their wives & in-laws.

Riny (Biju Menon) is the right hand man of jeweller Lolappan (Innocent). He is extremely selfish and doesn't worry about the consequences of his actions as long as it contributes to his growth. He becomes estranged even with his family, but despite this, his rise up through the ranks continue.

Maya elopes with Balakrishnan only to abandon him the next day. Balakrishnan then feigns a happy marriage for which he hires a girl, Mayamohini who later turns out to be a man hunted by the cops.