After losing his entire wealth to a courtesan, Kovalan returns to his wife, Kannagi. She offers him her last piece of jewellery to help him but he is falsely accused of theft and beheaded by the king.
Cast
P. Kannamba
Kannagi
P. U. Chinnappa
Kovalan
M. S. Saroja
Madhavi
N. S. Krishnan
Injippathan
T. A. Madhuram
Vanjippathan's Daughter
M. R. Swaminathan
Vanjippathan
T. R. Ramachandran
Shastri
U. R. Jeevarathinam
Gownthiyadigal
D. Balasubramaniam
Pandian
S. V. Sahasranamam
Paramasivan
M. M. Radhabai
Pandia's Wife
K. N. Kolathu Nani
Machottan
T. V. A. Boorani
Vasanthamalai
K. P. Jayaraman
Manackam
Kumari Rathnam
Young Kannagi
