A younger musician falls in love with Sumangala, the daughter of an impoverished Brahmin in a village of the Namboodiri group. Obeying her father, the younger girl marries a mentally sick member of her personal group. The drama is additional heightened by first equating Sumangala with the mystificatory folks rituals the musician units out to find, after which by the ebook of poems by which he expresses her situation. The lovers stay separated, with dire penalties, particularly for the lady.
