Vijay, Gopi, Salim, Beeda and Bheema are good friends and classmates. Priya, a rich and arrogant girl, has first quarrels with Vijay. Vijay first loved her, but she ridicules him and hurts him. When his friends try to teach a lesson to Priya, Vijay saves her and they both fall in love. Priya's father, an influential businessman, is ready to break their relationship.
Nanbargal was released on 14 February 1991.[8] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote, "The film has a swift pace, some interesting characters, a lot of fun whipped by the hero's sidekicks [...] and fastpaced music (new entrant Babu Bose), but what is film music these days but canned cacophony".[9] C. R. K. of Kalki said the film's first half was sweet, but post-interval portions were bitter.[10]
After the film's success, a temple was built in Mamta Kulkarni's name.[3]