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, with music composed by Aswatthama.

Plot

Madhu (N. T. Rama Rao) is a noble writer, during the silver jubilee celebrations of the popular magazine Vajrayudham, Madhu is felicitated by Editor Janakiramaiah (Dhulipala). Madhu falls in love with Janakiramaiah's daughter Jyothi (B. Saroja). Jagannadham (Nagabhushanam), a millionaire, is involved in many criminal activities and hates the Vajrayudham magazine as they try to expose him. Ravi (Sobhan Babu), son of Janakiramaiah loves Jagannadham's daughter Neela (Lakshmi). Jagannadham puts the paper into heavy debt and Janakiramaiah dies out of a heart attack. Madhavaiah, a disguised form of Madhu, clears the debt and continues the press. Ravi sells his property to clear the rest of the debts and leaves for Bombay. On the way, Jagannatham's henchmen try to kill him and news spread that he is dead. After that, Madhu goes abroad on literary work when Jagannadham abuses Jyothi's character, so, she leaves the house and gets shelter in an orphanage like Seeta. Madhu returns to search for Jyothi, but fails, under some circumstances, he agrees to marry Neela. Here Neela tries to commit suicide, but Jyothi protects her, both of them become friends and make her agree to the marriage. Meanwhile, Ravi comes back earning money to marry Neela but he is captured by Jagannatham. During the time of marriage, Naagu (Tyagaraju), a henchman of Jagannatham kidnaps Jyothi too, Madhavaiah protects both Ravi & Jyothi. All of them reach the marriage hall where Madhavaiah removes his disguise, proves that Jagannatham is the real culprit, and makes him arrested. Finally, the movie ends with the marriages of Madhu & Jyothi and Ravi & Neela.

Cast

as Madhu *

as Jyothi *

as Ravi *

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as Leela * Nagabhushanam as Jaganatham *

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as Janaki Ramaiah * Raja Babu as Anandam * Mukkamala as Kotaiah *Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah as Doctor *

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as Vivahala Veeraiah *

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as Ammayamma *Tyagaraju as Naagu *Saradhi as Ramajogi *KK Sarma as Panakaalu *

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as Shanthamma *

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as Lachamma *

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Soundtrack

Music composed by Aswatthama.

References

{{Kamalakara Kameswara Rao Indian drama films 1970s Telugu-language films Films directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao