 With several unsuccessful attempts to get a job, the increasing financial pressure forces them to shift to a slum.With an old lady named Janaki (Adoor Bhavani) and a prostitute named Kalyani (K. P. A. C. Lalitha) as their neighbours, things do not work as desired for the couple and they end up selling Sita's jewellery.Vishwam takes a job as a zoology teacher in college but soon loses it.