Manassinakkare movie is about rich, old, cheerful, lovable christian widow Kochu Thresia (Sheela) discovering that her children (all grown-ups with their own families) care more about her money and property than about her own well-being, and that she no-longer has the freedom to do her own things or to live her own life, and eventually getting all the lost love from outside her family - the young man Reji (Jayaram) who runs a chicken shop and his lovely neighbour Gauri (Nayantara).