Director: Jyotish Chandra Sinha; Writer: Lakshmi Narasimha Rao, K.L. Narasimha Rao; Producer: Kadaru Nagabhushanam; Cinematographer: Kamal Ghosh; Cast: P. Kannamba, Hemalatha Devi, Sheshamamba, C.S.R. Anjaneyulu, K. Raghuramaiah
Summary: Marital melodrama promoting the image of the
ideal woman as a long-suffering and self sacrificing
wife. Santha (Kannamba) is the exemplary but still
childless wife of Krishna Rao (Anjaneyulu). When
all rituals fail, she accepts her evil sister-in-law
Durgabai’s (Sheshamba) suggestion that her
husband take a second bride, Kamala (Hemalatha).
Durgabai and Kamala then combine to eject Santha
from the house in spite of her sudden pregnancy.
She gives birth to a son but gets separated from the
child, which is raised by a local zamindar. Kamala
turns out to be the real villain and sends an assassin
to kill the child. Eventually the husband has a
change of heart and rescues the child himself;
Kamala obligingly commits suicide, thus restoring
the original happy couple.
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