Chalapathi is a poker player who loses all his entire wealth due to his vices. Once he had a fight with a fellow gambler Kumar brother of a Police officer S. P. Ramadasu and Kumar dies. Chalapati runs away and comes under a running train, everyone feels that Chalapathi died. Ramadasu helps Chalapathi's wife Parvathi getting her a job as a nurse and for her son's Ravi's education.
