Vamsa Vilakku

Sathyamoorthy lives with his son, Shankar, a police inspector, and his pregnant daughter-in-law, Padma. When Shankar is killed while trying to arrest the criminal Jaganath, Sathyamoorthy avenges his death by killing two of Jaganath's associates, becoming a wanted man. After Padma dies during childbirth, he takes his infant grandson, Raja, and goes on the run. Along the way, he saves the life of Tiger Baba, a notorious smuggler, who then takes Sathyamoorthy under his wing.

Now a wealthy smuggler known as Chakravarthy, Sathyamoorthy meets the widowed Thaaiyamma and entrusts her with raising Raja in Coonoor, away from his criminal life. Years later, Chakravarthy and Raja reunite, though Raja remains unaware of his grandfather's true identity and profession. Raja falls in love with Radha, a courageous and principled young woman from a poor background. Chakravarthy, disapproving of her poverty, opposes their relationship, causing a rift between him, Raja, and Thaaiyamma.

As Jaganath resurfaces, Chakravarthy must confront his past, seek justice for his son's murder, and reconcile with his grandson.

• Sivaji Ganesan as Sathyamoorthy/Chakravarthy
• K. R. Vijaya as Thaiyamma
• Prabhu as Inspector Shankar and Raja
• Radhika as Radha
• M. N. Nambiar as Jaganath
• V. K. Ramasamy as Dharma
• Major Sundarrajan as Tiger Baba
• R. N. Sudarshan as Manohar
• Nalini in guest appearance as Padma
• V. Gopalakrishnan as Ganapathy
• Y. G. Mahendran as Peter
• Sivachandran as Ravi
• Ceylon Manohar

The soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran.^[4][5]