The movie begins in a village, the place a rich couple, Ganapathi (Chadalavada) & Rangamma (Kannamba) has a son Krishna (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and a daughter Swarajyam (Suryakala). Right here, virago Rangamma maintains the family authority and scorns on the step-son Krishna. Krishna falls for his childhood Radha (Anjali Devi), daughter of faculty instructor Ramaiah (Perumallu). Studying it, Ramaiah strikes with the marriage proposal when Rangamma wishes Rs 10,000 of dowry. So, Ramaiah approaches malicious President Kondaiah (Gummadi) one which tramples the villagers by offering loans. At current, Ramaiah mortgages his property and acquires quantity. However certainly, Kondaiah aspires to own Radha, so, he thefts the dowry quantity which makes avaricious Rangamma cancel the match. Throughout that plight, Ramaiah agrees to couple up Radha with Kondaiah when Radha makes an attempt suicide.