Thulasi-Tamizharasu help her other friend – Kalyani (Kavyavarshini) and Thulasi’s half-brother Mohan (Ayyappan) to get married as they had fallen in love against Thulasi’s step mother’s Padma (Sadhana) wishes.
Some critics opine that later movies such as the Hindi-language blockbuster Lagaan and the 2010 Tamil-language movie Madrasapattinam were inspired by Nadodi Thendral.