Gurumoorthy alias Guru (Vijay (actor)) is an Master of Business Administration student and an athlete living in the suburban area of Pallavaram in Chennai. He participates in a state level running competition where he meets Shakthi (Sriman (actor)), who also participates in the competition. Guru understands that Shakthi needs to win the competition which will help him secure a job through sports quota as he is the only breadwinner for his family. Abinaya alias Abi (Shriya Saran) is the only daughter of the rich businessman Anand Chelliah (Ashish Vidyarthi) and is a friend of Shakthi's sister. Abi challenges Guru that Shakthi will be the winner of the competition. Guru decides to run slowly so that Shakthi can become the winner. Later Abi understands that Guru has purposefully run slow behind Shakthi and starts liking his character. They become good friends and slowly love starts to blossom between the duo.