She is brought from the village by Balu's father to study. Not interested in studies, she tries to attract Balu's attention as he is her bava. Then circumstances make her take to books. Balu helps Mahalakshmi and she beats Balu and stands first. Both of them feel the attraction towards each other. A misunderstanding occurs on account of ego hassles whereby the two separate and meet after three years when their grandmother is ill.
There are other twists in the form of both finding lovers and even getting engaged to them. But are they in love or is it mere infatuation? The first half is breezy and pacy. The scenes are well picturised and the look is pretty hip.
The transformation of Mahalakshmi from a village belle to a city girl is interesting. The scenes and dialogues are pretty relatable to the urban youth.
Sukumar doesn't leave a dull moment in the first half. Post interval the film becomes a tad heavy on the emotional front with the grandmother-grandfather angle and the growing distance between the protagonists.
There is an unnecessary song in the village (set on a boat and land) as part of a jatra which could have been avoided. The comedy doesn't jut out like usual and there are just two comedians MS Narayana and Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyan in the film. It's in the second half that the film falls into the regular path like other films.