After losing his entire wealth to a courtesan, Kovalan returns to his wife, Kannagi. She offers him her last piece of jewellery to help him but he is falsely accused of theft and beheaded by the king.
C. R. Vijayakumari
as Kannagi
S. S. Rajendran
as Kovalan
Rajasree
as Madhavi
K. B. Sundarambal
as Gavundhi Adigal
Nagesh
as Ganasabai
Manorama
as Vasanthasena
O. A. K. Thevar
as Pandya king Neduncheziyan
G. Sakunthala
as Kopperundevi
Senthamarai
as Minister of pandyas kingdom
