Nandagopan (Mohanlal) is a revered dance instructor on the Kerala Kala Mandiram (alluding to the famed Kerala Kalamandalam repertory which performs Kerala's temple arts). Nevertheless, his spouse Sumangala (Parvathi) commits suicide, inflicting him to show into an alcoholic and a compulsive rule breaker. He's suspected of getting killed his spouse and is suspended from his job for drunken misbehaviour. The brand new secretary of the institute Velayudhan (Nedumudi Venu) desires him to be sacked however his former fame offers him a reprieve. He trains the proficient scholar Malavika (Monisha) to carry out in his bold composition of the Sita Kalyanam, however her jealous younger lover Soman (Vineeth) poisons him.