Abhiyum Naanum

Raghuram is a simple man who manages estates and doing his own business in Ooty. He meets Sudhakar, a newcomer at Connor, who has a young daughter. Raghuram sees the father and daughter duo, and smiles thinking of his own daughter. He engages in a conversation with Sudhakar. Raghuram married his cousin Anu, without their parents' consent. They have a daughter Abhi, whom Raghuram loves so much. Abhi is the world to him. Raghuram narrates his story with Sudhakar. Raghuram does anything for Abhi and usually gets into quarrel with his wife, who has a different way of raising the child.

As year rolls by, Abhi grows up and her parents are happy with whatever she does. She even brings in a beggar, Ravi 'Shashtri', and he lives with them, considering Abhi as his mother. Raghuram's close friend, Dhamu, does not have any kids and consider Abhi as their own daughter as well. When Abhi tells her parents that she wants to study in Delhi, Raghuram throws a tantrum. Eventually, Abhi is able to convince Raghuram.

Even though he is sad when thinking about spending 2 years without Abhi, he moves on. Raghuram is elated when she comes back but gets a shock. Abhi tells her parents that she fell in love with a guy. Anu is totally fine with it while Raghuram is not. He gets angry and scared and does not talk to Abhi and Anu properly. When Anu tells him that the boy is coming from Delhi, Raghuram tries to be fine. Once again, he gets shocked when he realizes that the man is actually a Sikh, named Joginder Singh. He there after maintains distance from Jogi, and cautious not to hurt Abhi.

Raghuram gets amazed when he sees Jogi on TV with the Prime Minister and gets slightly impressed. Yet, his relationship with Jogi remains the same. One day, when his house is infested with people from Punjab and other states in North India, he gets frustrated. He vents his anger to Anu which Abhi hears and gets hurt. Raghuram surprisingly does not console Abhi as he is upset with her as well. But soon, they both reconcile when Raghuram realises that Abhi would be happy with the man she loves.

Raghuram learns from Abhi that the people are not relatives of Jogi but just a group of broken people, whom Jogi is taking care of. She tells the story of some people and Raghuram feels proud of Jogi. He gets happy and without knowing how to show his happiness, he shouts and screams, causing people to think he had lost his marbles. Raghuram happily tells Anu that he is perfectly fine with the wedding. Meanwhile, Ravi and one of the orphan, Jasvinder Kaur fall in love.

Abhi and Jogi get married with Raghuram and Anu's blessing. During their reception, Ravi pours his heart out about his 'mother' Abhi. Dhamu and his wife declare that they are going to adopt a child, and thanks Jogi for that. Raghuram surprises Anu by inviting her parents for the reception and everyone is happy. What no one knows is that Raghuram is crying inside.

The next day at the airport, Abhi and her parents bid an emotional goodbye to each other. Abhi cries on her father's shoulder but Raghuram does not shed a single tear. He happily sends Abhi with Jogi and walks out of the airport. He suddenly laughs hysterically much to Ravi and Anu's shock. It is than seen as a form of emotional outrage, where Raghuram does not want to show his heartbreak, that his daughter has actually left him.

The scene shift to the present where Raghuram brings Sudhakar to his home. Ravi had married Jasvinder Kaur. Raghuram tells Sudhakar that girl children are the sweetest blessings from god and they should be proud parents. He also warns him that time flies by real quickly and that he has to enjoy the maximum with his daughter. When they get a call from Abhi from Delhi, everyone leave Sudhakar alone in the room with his daughter. Sudhakar turns to his daughter and smiles happily at her, which she returns.

The songs and background music have been composed by Vidyasagar and lyrics written by Vairamuthu.[4]

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Kalaignar.

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