After a fight with her father on who her future husband should be, Nalina leaves home on the first night of Navaratri. For the next nine days, she experiences nine types of human behaviour.
Narashimaachari, a respected Brahmin government clerk, is determined to help his good-hearted but unemployed son, Varadhukutty, secure a stable job. When a desperate act to obtain leaked exam papers ends in disgrace, Narashimaachari vows to restore his honor and prepare his son honestly. But...
Raja (Bhagyaraj) is the son of the watchman at an Ooty bungalow. The owner is a rich industrialist, whose daugther Radha (Poornima Jayaram) was best friends with Raja back when they were in school together. Years later, Radha returns to Ooty after having studied and lived abroad. Raja is still in...
A murder-mystery, in which the friend of a wealthy, elderly couple tries to bring about a reconciliation between them on the one hand, and their their estranged relatives on the other.
A Brahmin woman is disowned by her husband after being raped by an alcoholic. After being encouraged by a police constable, she moves in with the rapist and develops an attachment to him.
Diwakar and Shanthi love each, her rich father agrees to get them married, but on the condition that Diwakar's family should impress him. Since Diwakar does not have a family, he hires one.
Radha decides to leave her home permanently after learning that she has a life-threatening illness. She later falls in love with a man named Ravi and agrees to marry him on a certain condition.
The movie centres around the life of Vani (Latha), a middle-class woman who lives with her brother, his wife and their chirpy teenage daughter Vasanthi (Subhashini). Victor (Nagesh), a mechanic, is their family friend. Victor introduces Vasu (Vijayakumar) to Vaani's family when they are looking for...
Thangapandian, an honest forest officer, is transferred to a village. The village chief cuts illegally the sandalwood trees. Radha is brought up by her adoptive family. When she was young, her father, a famous singer, died in a car accident. Thangapandian falls in love with Radha. What transpires...
Rathnavelu loves Rasathi, who is in love with Kannan, brother of Veerapandi, an archrival of Rathnavelu. She is forcefully married to Rathnavelu, which leads to the death of Kannan.
A criminal, Chelladurai, frames the innocent Dharmalingam for a crime which leads to the latter being jailed. Years later, Dharmalingam returns to take revenge and establish contact with his family.
Shankar Guru is a 1987 Indian Tamil film, directed by Raja and produced by M. Saravanan and M. Balasubramanian. The film stars Arjun, Seetha, Sasikala and Baby Shalini in lead roles. The film had musical score by Chandra Bose.
Periya Marudhu remains a loyal henchman to Sivasankaran attracting the villagers' ire. However, his life changes when Kaveri comes to stay with him, and he falls in love with her.
Gopal marries Bhagyalakshmi, a plain and unsophisticated woman, at his father's behest. However, when he meets Banu, he gets attracted to her without realising her true motives.
Murali, a young man training to become a police officer, falls in love with his neighbour Uma. After failing to make the grade, he gets disheartened and turns to a life of crime.
