Udayabhanu finally prepares to shoot his first movie based on his own script, he discovers to his horror that Rajappan has stolen his manuscript, and shooting is underway with Rajappan playing the lead, which eventually propels him to stardom. Udhayabhanu soon finds himself faced with a career and personal crisis, with his faltering relations with his superstar wife Madhumati (Meena) contributing to the latter. Later, with the help of producer Babykuttan (Mukesh), Udayabanu prepares to direct another film, but he is forced to cast Rajappan as the hero since he was the star with most screen value at that time. Rajappan takes up the offer but takes revenge on Udayabanu by giving maximum trouble. Towards the end of the shoot, Rajappan leaves the set leaving the movie unfinished with the hope that this will destroy Udayabanu's career for ever. But Udayabanu devices clever tactics and shoots the remaining scenes with Rajappan itself without him even aware of it. At the end Rajappan realises his mistakes and admits publicly that Udayabanu is the real star and not himself. Scripted by Sreenivasan in his usual self-deprecating manner, the dialogue makes snide remarks about various aspects of contemporary film culture such as the business ventures of film stars, the inflow of third-rate film directors into Malayalam cinema and their tendency to depend solely on superstars to produce hits, the prevalence of "mimicry films", the gaudy "cooling glass" dress sense of actors, Meera Jasmine's infamous struggle with her parents, and even about "rascals stealing promising actresses from the film industry" - taking a shot at several prominent Malayalam film star marriages.

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