The film follows an unnamed, almost penniless and unemployed youth who aspires to lead a reasonably affluent livelihood free of the insecurities and humiliations he has to put up with because of his day-to-day poverty. Suddenly a lady luck smiles upon him, when he impromtuly takes up the identity of a rich man, stoking the desire of becoming rich in him even more. His fortunes apparently change when he stumbles upon a millionaire drunk by the roadside. He abducts and takes the millionaire into his room alongside a roof terrace in a dilapidated old building. He assumes his identity to taste the opulence and starts staying at the plush five star hotel suite rented by the wealthy millionaire. A professional killer hired by the closet lover of the wife of the alcoholic millionaire to hit on him with an intention of usurping his belongings, has set his eyes on the young man, having mistaken the young man for the rich man, too. The wife herself, who is having an affair outside wedlock is not in the loop about the murder plan.
Posing as the rich man, the youth meets the girl, who is the daughter and assistant of a magician K. S. Ramesh, who is residing in the same hotel with his daughter and wife. The girl in the beginning is not interested in the young man and on one occasion even slaps him because of a misunderstanding where he appeared to her as being unmannered. But later, after the hotel owner suddenly dies of old age, the two meet while paying tribute at his funeral and mend ways. They gradually get into a romantic relationship.
The killer, in the meantime, comes up with an ingenious way of stabbing with a knife entirely made of water frozen into ice, to kill the young man, but falls in his own trap every time he makes an attempt. All this time, the young man remains unaware about the dangers in his life. One day, however, the young man figures out that the killer is in the hotel to kill someone, but is unable to find the identity of his target. Later the creepy killer intrudes into his suite and gets electrocuted while trying to stab the young man from behind. Finally he comes to know about the murder plan hatched by the lover of the rich man’s wife when he follows the killer to their bungalow and eavesdrops the killer informing the lover about his failure. The two conspirators also realise that they were targeting the wrong man all the time. At this time, the rich mans wife learns of her lover’s treachery, and has a change of heart. She decides to get out of the affair with him.
In a montage shown about the owner, the young man realises that the owner was a poor man, just like him. Seeing what the owner achieved by fair means, the young man begins to question his actions.
Some days later, the roadside beggar dies and municipality people come to take his dead body. However, seeing the beggar’s stash, they nearly throw his body on the pavement and start stealing the money. The young man decides to make things right.
The young man sets the rich man free. He explains the situation to the rich man in a letter. The rich man and his wife reunite. After that, the young man decides to come clean to the magician’s daughter as well. He learns that the magician’s daughter’s family is about to leave the hotel.
The young man confesses the truth to the magician’s daughter, but to his surprise she forgives him. While leaving the hotel, she drops a rose wrapped in a paper from her car, meaning that she has given him her address. However, before the young man can get the paper a gust of wind takes it away and it rolls all the way down the gutter implying the lovers never unite. The young man is not able to get the magician’s daughter, but some days later, he is shown in a line for a job vacancy, although this time he has a rose in his hands and hope in his eyes. While it is not clear that the young man got the job or not, it is certain that his perception towards life has changed.
Movie:- Pushpak (1987)
Starcast:- Kamal Haasan, Amala, Tinu Anand, Farida Jalal
Directed & Produced by:- Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Music by:- L. Vaidyanathan
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