Arjun is unemployed but tolerant and kind-hearted, and stays with his father Dasaradharamayah, stepmother and step sister Kalyani. One day Arjun beats up a group of ruffians who are thrashing a poor man for not paying extortion, headed by Ungarala Ramappa and Ungarala Kishtappa, protected by MLA Benerjee. With this incident, Arjun\'s life changes; he invokes the wrath of the local goon. Ugarala Kishtapa warns his parents and insults his sister, and the infuriated Arjun, thrashes him and destroys all his activities. Arjun is arrested, C.I. Keshava Rao\'s henchmen go to Benerjee let him off with a warning, but an Inspector Shekar notes that Arjun is actually doing the right thing, later he also begins to fall in love with Arjun\'s sister Kalyani. Arjun has also fallen in love by Sensational Subhadra, a journalist his college meet.
