A love story set
in an upcountry tea estate depicts the pathetic story of
Robert Meewella, wealthy planter. After his wife left,
leaving with him a daughter, Robert takes up the challenge of
bringing up the child. Having failed to give mother's love,
Parwathi a poor young tea plucker in his own estate,
volunteers assistance. Impressed by her generosity, Robert
decides to marry her and he informs this to her parents. For
the poor parent this was unbelievable. But Parwathi who is
awaiting to get married to Kumaran a young man in the tea
estate refuses Robert's proposal. But the social status and
poverty compel her not to go against her landlord. They get
married without publicity and Robert keeps it a secret from
his well-to-do relatives. Parwathi gives birth to a girl,
Madhawi.
But everything changed when Robert's
sister, Agnes returns from abroad. She forces Robert to
divorce Parwathi. Perturbed by this Parwathi commits suicide.
Little Madhawi who loses her mother and father's love is
taken cared of by Kumaran.
Madhawi has grown up to
be a charming and talkative girl. Parthipan, an aggressive
yet honest young man in the area is interested in her. He is
ready to do anything to win her heart.
It
was at this stage Mahasen, Robert's nephew returns to the
estate. He meets his cousin sister, Suramya (Robert's
daughter from his first marriage). The elders decide that the
two young couple would make a good match and make
arrangements to get them married. But Mahasen is not
interested in this. Mahasen also meets Madhawi in the
estate.
When Mahasen with his father returns to
Colombo and on their way a man is knocked down, and though
Mahasen wants to stop the vehicle, his father forces him to
continue the journey ignoring the injured man. Though
escaping the law, Mahasen is disturbed by his conscience and
goes in search of the man whom he knocked down. And this
visit brings a dramatic twist to 'Tharaka Mal'.
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