Director: Charan
Cast: Prashant, Simran, Laila, Vinu Chakravarty, Lawrence, Charlie.

The film begins promisingly enough and moves at an interesting pace in the first half. The script is well worked out, the director paying attention to minute details. But then he moves away from the main plot, brings in some twists and turns, gets confused and comes back to the story again.

Simran plays a medical student, who shares an easy friendship with Prashant, her tenant. She is an orphan with no great liking for her stepbrother Raghuvaran. Prashant, we are told, is in search of a job. But he doesn't seem to be very serious about it, for he is always loitering around a bus stop. His eyes fall on Laila, a regular commuter, and he falls for her charms. The scenes in the bus have been well taken. Adequate support is given by the trio of Charlie as a pick-pocket and Damu and Vyapuri as the conductor and driver respectively. Their antics are enjoyable and the trio peps up the proceedings whenever matters threaten to turn dull.

Simran is the first to be told of Prashant's love and she quite enthusiastically gives him tips on how to conduct his love life. Prashant's parents come from the village to arrange his marriage. Circumstances force Simran to pose as Prashant's fiance. It is here that the director moves away from his neat narration. Simran suddenly declares that she too loves Prashant and will never let him go. Prashant is shocked, so is the audience, Simran's volte-face and her vicious acts towards Laila lack conviction. She feigns fondness for her brother, who hires rowdies to humiliate Laila by stripping her in public. Laila takes poison soon after. And here Simran does another volte-face, saves Laila and opts to play martyr. She being one of our top heroines, Simran cannot be expected to play the vamp, right? If in the second half, the artistes look bewildered and confused, it is the director who is to blame. Stealing the scene is Vinu Chakravarty as Prashant's father. He brings in some interesting moments as a crude rustic, with no refinement in talk or behaviour. The actor maintains consistency of character till the end.