The film is based on Karunanidhi's short story Saarapallam Samundi published in 'Murasoli', and written by him to be performed on stage to popularize the Dravidian movement in its early days. Karunanidhi's script is the real hero of the film. He has made it crisper to suit the taste of today's audiences, as there are no long drawn out dialogues that one associates with early Tamil period dramas.

Raja Raja Chozhan (Sarath Babu) and his son Rajendra Chozhan are benevolent rulers of the Chozha dynasty. As a mark of respect to the God's they want to build a temple in Thanjavur. They appoint the master sculptor Iniyan (Vineeth), a handsome young man who is also a good dancer to do the sculpture work for the big temple. But Iniyan finds the palace 'narthaki' (Akshay) not up to the mark and is unable to find the right girl to pose as the model for his sculpture work.

Meanwhile he meets a village girl Samundi (Keerthi Chawla) said to be the grand daughter of a shepherd woman (Manorama), who is not only beautiful but has an hour-glass like figure and dances like a dream. Iniyan slowly falls in love with his 'model', and when he expresses his love for her, she spurns it as she is the Queen herself! An absolutely shattered sculptor in a moment of remorse does something which is shocking and the real twist in the tale.

The director has mixed the film well with comedy and six beautiful melodies from Ilayaraja. The comedy between Manorama and Kovai Sarala is a delight, while Vineeth as the sculptor has come out with his best ever performance, Keerthi Chawla looks beautiful, while Akshay is just ok.

Kalaignar as the script writer has done a neat job of making a period film and that too a love story, strikes a chord with the viewers. And director Illavenil should be commended for not having any blood and gore, or item number thrust in to the film.