Ajay begins dating Keerthi Patel (Jyothika), the daughter of the owner of the Patel business empire. They meet secretly as her father would not approve of a poor son-in-law. Meanwhile, the younger daughter Prema Patel (Jyothika, dual role) travels with her father Madan Chopra to Madras (now Chennai), for Ashok's final kart race before he retires permanently. Ashok has never lost before, but comes across Vicky Despande (Ajay Sharma in a disguise of brown contact lenses). Vicky allows Ashok to win by slowing at the last corner and tells him that he couldn't beat his "guru". Vicky then charms Prema by saying that he lost the race as he couldn't break the heart of a beautiful girl. Thus his ploy of winning in spite of losing (meaning "Nagarahaavu") succeeds as he wins Prema's heart. This way, he manages to date both Keerthi and Prema simultaneously using different identities.