Srividya and Soman are happily married with 2 girls. She yearns for a son . Soman was thrown out for marrying a girl out of his father's choice . How ever they return back home to him with their 2 girls and make peace . SV develops a tumor and is unable to conceive . The family is devastated and do their best to stick around . As expected, she succumbs to cancer at a young age.
Soman and Jayabharati had grown up together and she was his silent lover. She is elated that he is now back to his ancestral house with his girls and tries her best to befriend the girls and make sure they do not miss their mother . She is their class teacher. She is still pining for Soman . Meanwhile the family pressurises him to remarry . He gets married to a family friend Shubha . She tries her best to fit in the family . The girls are unable to for get the mother . Soman too is aloof and cold . All the time parallel Jayabharati is the pillar of support for the children and also Soman . To her credit , Shubha tries all means to win their love and trust .
Misunderstandings and confusions prevail and finally totally fed up , she leaves his house stomping out .
Totally broken , Soman decides to be a single parent . Finally Jayabharati's now seeing her chance tries to tell him about her feelings from day one .She is still hoping to be his life partner. He refuses to marry again as both his marriages had ended badly . Sad and hurt , she steps back .
Sukumari is her close friend and confidante .She was privy to her secrets and feelings . She intervenes and tries to speak sense with Soman and describes how Jayabharati felt since day one and how the children still like her as their loved teacher . Soman sees sense and agrees to marry her egged on by his excited happy girls .
The last scene is poignant . JB commits suicide unable to bear the cold shoulder from him. Srividya is the ethereal beauty who glows even in a sad state without much make up. Jayabharati and Shubha are more than adequate in their roles . Ambika has a small role and sings some duets with her lover.
All leading ladies wear soft silks to show their domestic status . Over all a fine family fare . The ending could have been better. Soman could have married JB and lived happily ever after.
Soman and Jayabharati had grown up together and she was his silent lover. She is elated that he is now back to his ancestral house with his girls and tries her best to befriend the girls and make sure they do not miss their mother . She is their class teacher. She is still pining for Soman . Meanwhile the family pressurises him to remarry . He gets married to a family friend Shubha . She tries her best to fit in the family . The girls are unable to for get the mother . Soman too is aloof and cold . All the time parallel Jayabharati is the pillar of support for the children and also Soman . To her credit , Shubha tries all means to win their love and trust .
Misunderstandings and confusions prevail and finally totally fed up , she leaves his house stomping out .
Totally broken , Soman decides to be a single parent . Finally Jayabharati's now seeing her chance tries to tell him about her feelings from day one .She is still hoping to be his life partner. He refuses to marry again as both his marriages had ended badly . Sad and hurt , she steps back .
Sukumari is her close friend and confidante .She was privy to her secrets and feelings . She intervenes and tries to speak sense with Soman and describes how Jayabharati felt since day one and how the children still like her as their loved teacher . Soman sees sense and agrees to marry her egged on by his excited happy girls .
The last scene is poignant . JB commits suicide unable to bear the cold shoulder from him. Srividya is the ethereal beauty who glows even in a sad state without much make up. Jayabharati and Shubha are more than adequate in their roles . Ambika has a small role and sings some duets with her lover.
All leading ladies wear soft silks to show their domestic status . Over all a fine family fare . The ending could have been better. Soman could have married JB and lived happily ever after.