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A polio-stricken shepherd, Mariyappan, learns of his mother’s death and undertakes a harsh journey home with only a goat for support. Blocked by caste discrimination and crushed by poverty, he pushes through heat and humiliation
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Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to humiliate him after his family humiliates her father. The rest of the plot deals with Padayappa overcoming all the obstacles placed by Neelambari.

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