Velan Varuvanadi Theme

Murugan hears about Valli's beauty and pretends to chase a deer and comes to her 'thinai' tribe near thiruthani and is stunned by her beauty. When Valli's father, Nambirajan comes home, Murugan turns into a vengai maram. The following day, Murugan appears as a beggar and begs for honey and grains (thenum thinai maavu) to eat. After eating this, he gets uncontrollable hiccups (thaangaadha vikkal) and asks Valli for help. As he flirts with her, he finds out the only animal she is afraid of is the elephant (yaanai). He then asks her if she would marry him and she sneers at him. He then invokes his annan (Ganapathi, his brother), who appears in the form of an elephant. Frightened, Valli asks the old man to save her, and promises to marry him as a condition. As Murugan makes the elephant go away, Valli tries to go back on her word. Again, Murugan invokes Ganapathi and the elephant appears again, but this time, the elephant picks her up and drops her in the arms of the old man. Murugan's disguise disappears, and accepts.