A young man goes to the city looking for a job suitable for his education, but in due course of time he becomes a criminal as that fetches him more money than any other mode of employment.
Orphaned Raju, in the company of four elephants, has to perform with them at street corners, in order to survive. Slowly he amasses a fortune, and is able to build his own private zoo, housing tigers, lions, bears, and of course the four elephants. His wife, however, fears for her child and tells him that he must choose between the animals and his family.
Thakur Vikram Singh (Om Shivpuri) is informed by a museum curator that an ancestral sword donated by his father has been stolen. This is important because it bore half the location of a hidden treasure. The other half is on a sword still in Singh's possession, and he must guard it. He finds a thief, Avvtar Singh (Madan Puri) attempting to steal the sword, and stops him. Avvtar grabs Thakur's son, Mohan, and escapes. He is to exchange sword for son at the black hills, but his car is stolen by a thief, who raises Mohan as his own under the name Raju. Raju (Rajnikanth) grows up to be a car thief, and eventually encounters his family as his enemies.
Raja falls in love with Bhuvana, the daughter of a landlord. However, the landlord declares that he will agree to their relationship only if Raja forsakes his mother.
After the tragic death of his driver, Velayudam, a kind-hearted man offers shelter to his daughter, Sita. Issues erupt when Valayudam's son, Vasu falls in love with the girl.
A man who helps needy people hires Murali, an unemployed graduate, to fall in love with Radha, the daughter of a rich woman.
Raju, a hardworking man, joins a bus company and earns the respect of his boss Murugappan. Murugappan's daughter Meena falls for Raju but he refuses to marry her and is thrown out of the company.
An undercover agent masquerades as a mysterious man to catch a group of smugglers red-handed and expose their corrupt activities.
1983 ‧ World cinema/Tamil cinema Apoorva Sahodarigal is a 1983 Tamil Indian feature film directed by R.Thyagarajan. The film stars Karthik, Suresh, Radha, Suhasini and Urvashi in the lead roles. The film's music score has been done by Bollywood music director Bappi Lahiri. Wikipedia
When Babu's brother gets killed by a gang of murderers, he joins their team as one of them to take revenge. However, he faces a huge setback when the criminals learn about his true identity.