Manasu Mangalyam

The film begins on, Ravi (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a poet suffers in a penniless situation, even unable to pay the house rent for which he hides his face from his house owner Perumalaiah (Ramana Reddy) and the minor source that he has is his best friend Shekar (Rama Krishna). Perumalaiah leads a happy family life with his wife Aandallu (Suryakantham) & son Kavi Kulashekara (Padmanabham) but sadly their only daughter Amurtha (Manimala) elopes. Surprisingly, one night, a beautiful rich woman Manjula (Jamuna) while escaping from Police lands at Ravi's room when everyone assumes her as his wife. There onwards, Ravi' life takes a U-turn and they are acquainted with each other. Manjula also publishes his literary work and makes him a famous poet when Ravi starts loving her. After that, Ravi narrates his past, in his childhood, he has been missed from his elder sister Seeta & younger brother Madhu. Right now, Seeta (Anjali Devi) who, unfortunately, grown at a prostitute house as Mumtaz who rears Madhu (Chandra Mohan) with a lot of affection & care without revealing her identity.

Later Manjula Suddenly disappears, Ravi could not find her whereabouts and becomes a drunkard, in that state, he goes0 to Mehdi where Mumtaz recognizes him but maintains silence. Thereafter, Manjula returns her house where shockingly, it is revealed that she is already married a person Murthy (Jaggayya). Meanwhile, Kavi Kulashekara felicitates Ravi to which Murthy is invited as chief guest. During that time, Ravi gets surprised to see Manjula as Murthy's wife then he seeks for the truth and she replies. Actually, she is granddaughter of a multi-millionaire Parandhamaiah (Chittoor V. Nagaiah), Murthy used to work as their manager who posed himself as a wise person and married her. Soon after the marriage, she learned that he is a deceiver of a poor girl who is none other than Amurtha that's why she has evaded and took shelter at Ravi's house. Parallelly, Manjula's younger sister Sarala (Anitha) loves Madhu. At present, Manjula decides to unite Murthy & Amurtha through Ravi she finds out Amurtha is under the guardianship of Shekar, so, Manjula takes her home but Murthy refuses to marry her. On the other side, Madhu knows the truth regarding his sister, nevertheless, he understands her virtue but Sarala accuses them when Madhu becomes furious and Murthy provokes his anger. Both of them plan to blast their factory when Ravi obstructs and the combat erupts between brothers. At that point in time, Mumtaz arrives, reveals their birth secret and Amurtha protects Murthy from harm when he is aware of his mistake. At last, Murthy accepts Amrutha and divorces Manjula even Madhu & Sarala are paired up. Finally, the movie ends Ravi continuing his journey and Manjula too accompanies him.

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Ravi
• Jamuna as Manjula
• Jaggayya as Murthy
• Chittoor V. Nagaiah as Purushotham
• Ramana Reddy as Perumallaiah
• Padmanabham as Kavi Kula Shekharam
• Ramakrishna as Shekhar
• Chandra Mohan as Madhu
• Anjali Devi as Mumtaz
• Suryakantham as Andallu
• Geetanjali as Geetha
• Anitha as Sarala
• Manimala as Amrutha
• Jhansi as Suramma

• Art: G. V. Subba Rao
• Choreography: Tangappa, Chinni, Sampath
• Dialogues: Acharya Aatreya
• Lyrics: Acharya Aatreya, Dasaradhi, Appalachary
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Pithapuram, Swarnalata
• Music: Pendyala Nageswara Rao
• Story: K. Srinivasa Rao
• Editing: P. Srihari Rao
• Cinematography: K. S. Rama Krishna Rao
• Producer: Koganti Kutumba Rao
• Screenplay - Director: K. Pratyagatma
• Banner: Uttama Chitra
• Release Date: 28 January 1971

Music composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao. Music released on Audio Company.