Rohini is all set to get married to her love Saravanan. One day before her wedding , she went to her grandpa's room to chat for sometime.

Her grandpa Kaushik, is her hero. He is a successful man. She loved him very much. Her grandpa always used to say that, "I'm living with a guilt!" Today Rohini wanted to know why he  used to say like that.

She asked Kaushik the reason behind his sentence "I'm living with a guilt". By seeing the eagerness of her granddaughter to know his unforgettable past he had tears in his eyes.

Rohini didn't know why her grandpa her hero the one who was a strong man had tears in his eyes, just for asking the reason. Kaushik started to reveal the secret behind his sentence.

Flash back...

After finishing his M.B.A., Kaushik started a new business as a partner with his best friend Varun. They both invested equal share in their business.

Their business got more profit and they enjoyed their life. Their friendship and their business raised heavenly.

One day Varun came to Kaushik with a new idea to start a new business. Varun wanted Kaushik also to invest as he didn't have that much money. Kaushik helped him by investing his money.

But unfortunately their new business went into heavy loss. They met with many miseries due to the loss of their new business

In this process their old business also got affected. Varun couldn't forgive himself for his foolish idea. He asked forgiveness from Kaushik. But kaushik nowhere to seem to forgive Varun. He was unable to bear heavy loss.

His anger dawned upon him.He wanted to take revenge on Varun. He burnt Varun's house with a rage as he already started to hate him.

Kaushik went to the spot to see Varun in his vulnerable state.

Varun got broken he was unable to bear it, he  cried to see his dream house being burnt

Varun sees Kaushik who was standing few steps away from him. He ran to kaushik and hugged him tightly and cried. Kaushik was shocked to see Varun like this. He didn't expected this from him.

Varun controlled his tears and said "you should not have done that..."

Kaushik was just staring Varun unbelievably and Varun continued " I know you did it for my foolish idea for which we got heavy loss".

After sometime "But... I'm really sorry for what I did. A..And... I forgave you I can understand your anger... "With that Varun left that place leaving Kaushik to regret.

After that day kaushik didn't see him. Even though he searched for Varun but he only got few details about him.

As Varun have started a new business by getting loan from the bank and he moved to other town.

From that day Kaushik is living with a guilt. His friend Varun forgave him but he still couldn't forgive himself.

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Present...

However when Kaushik finished his words, a single tear escaped from his left eye.

Rohini also cried by hearing her grandpa's suffering. She know her grandpa is strong, but she didn't know her grandpa can be this much strong to hold his guiltiness throughout his life.

She hugged Kaushik and kissed him. Kaushik also kissed her forehead and asked her to sleep well as tomorrow is her wedding day.

Rohini blushed little and went to her room with heavy heart.

Wedding day...

The marriage went well all were enjoying themselves. Rohini felt blessed to have a wonderful family.

The bride and groom got blessings from their elders. kaushik got tears to see his little doll getting married.

After the marriage he went to his room and sat on his chair. He started to think about some random things.

Suddenly the door got opened and someone entered the room. Kaushik averted his eyes to see who it is.

By seeing the person in his front of His eyes breath got stuck in his throat.

His eyes denied to blink as if it doesn't want to lose the person who is standing in front of his eyes.

Kaushik couldn't believe Varun his best friend who he lost long ago is standing in front of him.

Kaushik's eyes started to welled up with tears. He is beyond the happy to find his friend.

Varun smiled by seeing kaushik's state. Varun also missed kaushik like how kaushik missed him.

Varun hugged Kaushik tightly as same like how he did last time before leaving.

The moment Varun hugged Kaushik, he started to cry like a child who cries in fear of losing his toy.

The two friends cried for sometime. Then kaushik asked forgiveness tot Varun. But he says "I had forgiven you long ago."

After that two friends talked happily and laughed. This time kaushik laughed and lived the moment without any guiltiness left in him.

Then Varun said that his great daughter-in-law informed him about Kaushik. How he is living with a guilt.

Kaushik was once more shocked to hear him. After sometime he came to know that Varun is a grandpa of Saravanan(the groom).

He was so happy to know that his friend was back and now they are turned into relatives.

"True friends may be apart from our life....
But they will never get apart from your heart!!!"

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