
Sujatha has a sister named Kalyani, who turns out to be the messenger between her and Ravi. This results in Sujatha dropping out from college and staying at home. Sujatha protests, but her father stays firm. Her father tells her that she would be married to Raghu, just like they decided years ago. She goes home scared, and as she had expected, the astrologer had told Sujatha's father. Once, when building up the courage to board the same compartment in the train as Ravi, Sujatha is spotted by the family astrologer. Ravi and Sujatha start dating and communicate with each other on the train by writing to each other on the blackboard at the side of the train. Ravi asks Sujatha to come to the temple festival, to which she denies, but in the end, Sujatha comes, indicating that she is in love with Ravi. Ravi has an instant crush for Sujatha, while Sujatha does not reciprocate. He has a decent group of friends, and they are classmates with Sujatha. Ravi is from an extremely poor family and does small jobs to survive his only mother and pay money to the moneylender. Meanwhile, Sujatha goes to college, where she meets Ravi. He even goes to the extent of sleeping with his servant. Every time his mother speaks of Sujatha, he feels disgusted. Sujatha grows up to be a beautiful teenage girl, whereas Raghu becomes a rogue and womanizer. Meanwhile, Raghu's father gifts Sujatha with silver anklets and requests her to never remove them, to which she obliges.


When Raghu's family move to another village, Sujatha and Raghu do not even say goodbye to each other. Once when Raghu attacks Sujatha's classmate when he helps her, Sujatha breaks all bonds with Raghu. He smokes and steals money from his father. Raghu is seen to be arrogant and negatively shaded since he was young. In Pushpathoor, the parents of first cousins Sujatha and Raghu decide the children will marry one another when they grow up.
