The story is based on the life of acclaimed saint poet Shishunala Sharif who wrote several moral poems striving towards social reformation. A collection of Sharif's poems are set to tunes by C. Ashwath, who also did the major playback singing.

Cast

Sridhar

Shareefa

Girish Karnad

Govindabhatta

Suman Ranganathan

Shareefa's Wife

Hema Chaudhary

H. G. Dattatreya