Radha loves Anand, he arranges for their wedding. After the marriage, Anand, along with his aunt Kanthamma and cousin Apparao, move into Raju's house. Raju marries Malathi, a doctor, on Radha's suggestion. All of them continue to live under the same roof and several misunderstandings arise. Kanthamma uses every opportunity to widen the rift between the couples. Unable to witness Radha's troubles, Raju moves out of the house with his wife. Kanthamma serves a legal notice to Raju, demanding a share in the property for Radha. Meanwhile, Anand contests against Raju in the local government elections. To avoid further issues, Raju withdraws his nomination. Still the families do not unite. Radha delivers a boy and Malathi delivers a girl. After her child's birth, Malathi dies, leaving Raju heartbroken. Anand goes to meet Raju, but is expelled by Malathi's brother Bhaskar, who holds him responsible for his sister's plight. Unable to cope with the separation from his sister and to have peace of mind, Raju goes on a pilgrimage for several months. He donates the entire property to Radha and sends the papers through a lawyer before leaving. Raju returns on Diwali day and goes to meet Radha, but is denied entry by Kanthamma. While going back, he saves a boy from getting burnt by fire crackers and in the process, loses his eyesight. Through Subbanna, Radha learns that Raju had arrived and rushes to meet him. Raju learns that the child he saved is none other than his nephew. Anand, who learned about Kanthamma's misdeeds from Apparao, expels her from his house and goes to meet Raju. He is devastated to know that both Raju and Radha have died due to cardiac arrest, holding each other's hands before dying. Cast Male actors N. T. Rama Rao as Rajasekhar "Raju" Kanta Rao as Anand Relangi as Apparao Ramana Reddy as Vishwanatham K. V. S. Sharma as Rathnam M. Prabhakar Reddy as Bhaskar Y. V. Raju as Subbanna Female actors Savitri as Radha Devika as Malathi Girija as Sita Suryakantham as Kanthamma Production Development Impressed with the commercial success of A. Bhimsingh 1961 Tamil-language film Pasamalar (1961), Doondi and Sundarlal Nahata acquired its remake rights. They decided to remake it in Telugu for their production company Rajalakshmi Productions, but were skeptical of the film's success, as it had a very tragic story. After a delay, Nahata revived the plans and signed V.