
Distraught, Vaidehi ate poisonous seeds, and died in Vellaisamy's arms. After buying wedding jewels for Vaidehi, he played a final prank on her, by telling her that he has been engaged with someone else. Despite being in love with Vaidehi, Vellaisamy neglected her for fun. His cousin Vaidehi, who was also brought up with him, had high hopes of marrying Vellaisamy. Vellaisamy and his widowed mother lived in another village. When a distressed Vaidehi approaches and questions Vellaisamy why he has been writing her name of walls, he reveals his tragic past and how he lost the woman of his affection, also named Vaidehi. One day when some villagers spot Vellaisamy scribbling Vaidehi's name on the temple walls, rumours about them start circling.

Her father, though rich, took to drinking upon seeing his daughter's fate. This led to the village ostracising her and not letting her practice dance, which she was talented in.

Minutes after Vaidehi's marriage, the groom and his parents died in a boat accident. Vaidehi is a young widow who lives in the village with her sorrowing, alcoholic father. Vellaisamy is an unkempt derelict who lives by the village temple doing menial jobs to survive but has an impressive singing ability. It was remade in Telugu as Manchi Manasulu (1986), and in Kannada as Preethi Nee Illade Naa Hegirali (2004).

The film was released on 23 October 1984, became a huge commercial success and emerged a breakthrough in Vijayakanth's career. Vaidehi Kaathirundhal 's story was developed based on songs that Ilaiyaraaja had composed, hoping to use them in potential film. They discover that they must join forces to save a young couple from the wrath of the other villagers. The film stars Vijayakanth and Revathi as two villagers, Vellaisamy and Vaidehi, whose lives undergo a drastic turn when they meet. Vaidehi had waited) is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by R.
