Maheswari

Manickam is wanted by the army of East India Company He is absconding and takes refuge in the house of Maheswari Manickam and Maheswari fall in love with each other Manickams father Dharmalingam demands a large dowry from Maheswaris mother Kanthimathi who somehow manages to give the amount However Dharmalingam comes to know that Kanthimathi is ridiculed by the villagers as a woman of loose moral character So he sends back Maheswari to her home Manickam is helpless because he depends on his father for everything