Avan Amaran

A poor woman struggles to bring up her only child, a son Arul (Ramaswamy), who does odd jobs to stay afloat. The boy has a classmate Lily (Rajasulochana), the daughter of a mill owner (Balaiah) The two fall in love and marry against the wishes of the dictatorial mill owner. The mill owner indulges in several subterfuges by setting fire, beating up workers and in the process the labour leader dies.