Panchabhootam (Delhi Ganesh) is a senior psychiatrist in Vizag. Kailash (Jayaram) is an upcoming psychiatrist. As Kailash takes over Panchabhootam over popularity, Panchabhootam wants to ruin the happiness of Kailash by sending him the coward 'Tenali' as the patient. Since Kailash wanted to go for family vacation to Kodaikanal with his wife Jalaja (Devyani) and two kids, he asks Tenali to wait for a month so that he can begin the treatment after Kailash Vacation.Panchabhootam, who wants to make the life of Kailash miserable, takes Tenali with him and travel to Kodaikanal. Meantime Janaki (Jyotika), the sister of Kailash joins the gang for vacation. Kailash also invites Diamond Babu (a millionaire) so that Diamond Babu can get close to Janaki and marry her. As Kailash is trying to get away with Tenali, he gets closer to his family. And Janaki and Tenali becomes and inseparable and love each other.The rest of the film is about how Tenali becomes wiser after the treatment and marries Janaki and proves that he is an able man.

Analysis :

This character of Tenali is tailor-made for Kamal Hassan and he proved his versatility in his acting with his superb histrionics. He can make people cry by making them laugh.Jyotika newfound glamour doll of Tamilnadu dished out a feast for eyes with this film. No wonder, with an angelic face, childlike attitude, plump figure and fine assets, Jyotika will turnout to be the next Goddess for the Tamil people.Jayaram has done justice to his role. But the clincher of his role is voice dubbing given by Rajedra Prasad, which is going to be a definite plus point.

TeluguOne Perspective :

First half of the film is full of fun and frolic. The second half becomes little boring, as there is no story. But Kamal's action and KS Ravi Kumar's direction makes the viewers to be glued to their seats. This film is best recommended for the family viewing, where one can laugh their heart out for the laugh riot created by Kamal.