Jeevani is a beautiful twenty-three year old Tamil girl who comes to work as a servant to take care of an elderly woman who lives alone in a spacious bungalow in the center of Colombo. She loves to come to Colombo to fulfill her dream of seeing the popular movie star Dilhani Ekanayake in person. This is because of the desire to see the actress who had come to Jeevani's Talawakele estate for a shoot. She also has some photographs taken there. One day Jeevani calls a taxi cab to take a woman who suddenly falls ill for treatment. During that journey, Madhava, the young driver of the taxi, develops a fondness for Jeevani's mannerisms and her looks. Madhava fell in love with Jeevani. He is a university-educated Sinhala Buddhist educated young man born in the south, who was arrested and released on remand for interfering in a political struggle in the university student movement. He comes to Colombo with the intention of fleeing to a foreign country to seek political asylum. One day he was caught by the police while transporting illegal drugs in a taxi. There he leaves the vehicle and runs away. Where he knows no one in the city, he seeks Jeevani's help. She hides Madhava in a storage room in the bungalow. Just like the law, the drug dealers are also after Madhava. When Madhava falls in love with his dreams, Jeevani takes a tough decision to make his dreams come true.
