 One day, Vanaja and her teenage friend Lacchi (Bhavani Renukunta) watch a theatrical performance by a former Kuchipudi (a native classical Indian dance form) great, Rama Devi (Urmila Dammannagari).The sequence of events lead to a soothsayer predicting to Vanaja that she will be a great dancer.With permission from her father, she goes to work in the house of the local landlady Rama Devi with the hope of learning Kuchipudi.