Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken informs Dharani and Guhan Sambandam acknowledges this in the title credits of the film. Sekar, Kathiresan and Mahesh are friends, each with their own problems. Sekar is unable to repay the money he has borrowed from a loan shark, Kathir doesn't have a job, something that his lover cites as the reason for marrying another man, and Mahesh, who came to Chennai with dreams of becoming a noteworthy actor in the film industry, has to make do as an extra.

The trio meets with failure at every step and at one point, Mahesh, who realizes that he has lost his dream, d... read the rest.