Punnagai Desam

Ganesh (Tharun) comes to chennai with the hope of meeting his maternal uncle Raja Shekar (Devan) following his mother's (Sabitha Anand) death. Ganesh's mother helped her brother during his struggling days. But Raja Shekar has transformed into a rich and arrogant guy and he ditches Ganesh. Ganesh also loves his uncle's daughter Bomma who was his childhood friend. But Raja Shekar does not allow Ganesh to meet his daughter and forces him out of his home. Ganesh meets his village friends Selvam (Hamsavardhan), Raja (Kunal) and Vijay (Dhamu) in chennai. Selvam aspires to become an IAS officer; Raja Naidu wants to become a singer while Vijay aspires to become a mimicry artist. But their parents don't support their children's ambitions and they want them to go for some work which will help earn some money. The friends get disappointed and they leave to chennai with hopes of achieving big. But despite trying hard, Raja and Vijay does not get any opportunity to prove their talent. Selvam studies in a college but finds difficult to pay his education fees. Ganesh understands the poor state of his friends and decides to help them. He sells his mother's chain which he was planning to give to Bomma and sets up a small roadside food business near marina beach. Ganesh cooks well and starts selling packaged lunch in roadside. With the money, he helps his friends. But Ganesh does not inform about his struggle to his friends, instead he lies to them that his uncle gives him money as and when required. All four stay in a small home and the house owner Shekar Malaysia Vasudevan advises them to go for some job instead of following their dream so that they can earn some money and improve their living condition. He also scolds Ganesh for spending all the hard earned money for the sake of his friends. But Ganesh remains positive about his friends' talent and believes that they will succeed one day in life. Nandhini (Preetha Vijayakumar) and Priya (Sneha) are Selvam's classmates. Nandhini loves Selvam but he does not reciprocate. Meanwhile, Priya is the daughter of Raja Shekar and she is none other than Bomma who is Ganesh's would be. One day, Raja and Vijay spot Ganesh in the beach selling tea. They get shocked after coming to know the struggle Ganesh has undergone to make his friends lead a decent life. They feel proud to have such a friend and they decide to help him. All four friends jointly set up a small hotel where Ganesh cooks while the others serve and do other works in th