Kanyasulkam relies on the well-known Telugu play 'Kanyasulkam' written by Gurajada Appa Rao in 1892. The movie is about throughout the Pre-Independence period within the Vizianagaram space of the Madras Presidency of British India. Gireesham, an informed conman, lives on the expense of Putakoollamma who runs a large number. He befriends a prostitute Madhuravani, to whom Ramappa Panthulu of Ramachandrapuram is interested in. Ramappa Panthulu is an single miser who's well-known among the many Brahmin neighborhood in Ramachandrapuram. In an try and earn good cash, Ramappa Panthulu encourages a 60-year previous man named Lubdhavadhanulu to remarry and suggests alliance with Agnihotravadhanulu of Krishnarayapuram. Agnihotravadhanulu agrees to carry out the wedding of his nine-year-old daughter Subbamma to Lubdhavadhanulu, regardless of pleas from his spouse Venkamma, in order that he can seize cash as 'Kanyasulkam'.
