Aram + Aram = Kinnaram 1985

Two friends — Narayanan Kutty and Balan — navigate a city filled with schemes and desires while working as mechanics at K & K Automobiles in Chennai. Narayanan Kutty is flirtatious and boastful, always spinning tall tales about encounters with rich city girls, even though he has never managed to win anyone’s heart in real life. His lighthearted bravado creates constant trouble for the shop’s owner, Manoharan, who must clean up the mess his employee leaves behind.

Balan, Narayanan Kutty’s jobless roommate, hustles to land a steady position so he can marry Ammukutty, his beloved from the village. He hopes Narayanan Kutty’s connections will help him secure a future, even as his own life steadies on a precarious edge.

The plot thickens when a driver for the Continental Group, owned by M.N. Nambiar, reveals that Nambiar is deeply sympathetic to leukemia patients and has himself survived the disease. This revelation sets off a chain of ruses and clever schemes. Balan cunningly approaches Nambiar, pretending to be a leukemia patient in desperate financial straits, and earns a job as an attender in the company.

Meanwhile, Narayanan Kutty spreads a rumor that he is the fiancé of Mala, the daughter of Nambiar. To complicate matters further, Sujatha, a close friend of Mala, contacts Narayanan Kutty under the pretense of being Mala’s aide and disguises herself as a news reporter to interview him about the supposed engagement. Narayanan Kutty falls for Mala, believing she is Sujatha, and Mala reciprocates the same way, bringing a tangled web of love and deception into sharp focus.

On a parallel track, Balan’s life appears to be improving until Ammukutty’s parents arrive in the city along with her to meet his office. Balan, who is actually a peon, has claimed to be the manager to win their approval, a lie that threatens everything. Two colleagues, Gopi Krishnan and Saravanan, are longtime rivals in M. Nambiar’s office and become pawns in the brewing conflicts: Balan tries to pit Gopi Krishnan against Saravanan, who himself is smitten with Ammukutty.

The plot thickens as Nambiar contemplates remarrying, which his daughter resists vehemently, adding another layer of tension. In a desperate bid to secure his intentions, Gopi Krishnan and Saravanan hire goondas to abduct Ammukutty and force a marriage. A clash erupts, and just as danger peaks, Balan arrives at the crucial moment to rescue Ammukutty. In the end, Narayanan Kutty and Mala seal their marriage, while Balan’s timely intervention allows him to marry Ammukutty, bringing a bittersweet balance to a tale of vanity, deception, and heartfelt resolve.