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, produced by DVS Raju under the DVS Productions banner and directed by

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. It stars

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and

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, with music composed by T. V. Raju.

Plot

Srinivas Rao (N. T. Rama Rao) & Sridhar Rao (Jaggayya) are childhood bosom friends. Sridhar Rao is a business magnate whereas Srinivas Rao works as his manager. Sridhar Rao's daughter Aruna (Vanisri) is attached with Srinivasa Rao. Nagabhushnam (Rajanala) Sridhar Rao's brother-in-law, a crooked person, lives along with them and wants to grab the property by making Aruna's marriage with his son Rambabu (Rajababu). He is also has rivalry over Srinivasa Rao as he obstructs him both in office & home. On the other hand, Srinivas Rao leads a happy family life with his good companion wife Lalitha (Devika) and blind mother (Santha Kumari). Once Aruna visits her friend's marriage where she gets acquaintance with her childhood friend Ravi (Shobhan Babu) both of them fell in love and they unite. Meanwhile, Sridhar Rao gets a heart attack when Aruna returns and notices herself as pregnant. At that point in time, Ravi who works in Air force dies in a plane crash, hearing upon, Aruna collapses and explains the entire situation to Srinivas Rao. Now Srinivas Rao plans with the help of Lalitha by making everyone believe that his wife is pregnant. He also convinces Sridhar Rao and brings Aruna to his house as a nurse. Aruna gives birth to the baby boy and goes back to her father leaving the child at Lalitha. Here Srinivas Rao feels relief, but now the real problem arises, Lalitha becomes really pregnant and she too gives birth to the baby boy. Nagabhushanam senses it, kidnaps Srinivas Rao's child and threatens Aruna to marry Rambabu. Aruna agrees and she tells her decision to her Sridhar Rao which leads to his death. After that, Aruna is forced to send Srinivas Rao away. But kind-hearted Srinivas Rao understands her situation, lands in disguise, breaks up Nagabhushanam's plan and saves Aruna. Surprisingly, Ravi held by enemies in the air crash also comes back. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the reunion of the entire family.

Cast

as Srinivasa Rao *

as Ravi *

as Aruna *

Jaggayya Kongara Jaggayya (31 December 1928 – 5 March 2004) was an Indian actor, littérateur, journalist, lyricist, dubbing artist and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was known as ''Kanchu Kantham J ...

as Sridhar Rao *

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as Lalitha * Rajanala as Nagabhushanam * Raja Babu as Ramababu *

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as Paanakaalu *

Santha Kumari Santha Kumari (born Vellaala Subbamma; 17 May 1920 – 16 January 2006) was an Indian musical artist and actress. She was married to the Telugu film director and producer P. Pullayya. Early years Vellaala Subbamma was born in Proddatur town, ...

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as Baby *Pushpa Kumari as Kasthuri

Soundtrack

Music composed by T. V. Raju. Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy.

References

External links

{{Kasinathuni Viswanath 1970s Telugu-language films Indian buddy drama films Films directed by K. Viswanath Films scored by T. V. Raju 1970s buddy drama films 1971 drama films