Bhaskaran (Sreenivasan (actor)), the local village goldsmith is in love with Snehalatha (Urvashi (actress)), the daughter of P. V. Panicker (Innocent (actor)), the local astrologer. They are neighbours. Panicker wants his daughter to get married to a rich man settled in Dubai. Snehalatha asks for a gold necklace made of 10 ''pavans'' (sovereign (British coin)) as a symbol of Bhaskaran's love and also to impress her father. Bhaskaran makes a necklace and hands it over to Snehalatha. An angry Panicker finds this out, admonishes her and pockets the golden necklace. He reasons that it was "brotherly love" which made Bhaskaran give the necklace to his daughter.