Raitu Kutumbam

The film begins in a village where lives a joint family, its elder son Joogaiah (Satyanarayana) is a vagabond, so, his wife Annapurna (Anjali Devi) rears both her infant brothers-in-law Ramu and Madhu as equal to her daughter Lakshmi and they too feel the same. Becoming cognizant of his sister-in-law's struggle, Ramu (Master Aadinarayana Rao) breaks up his studies and takes up household responsibility. Years roll by, Ramu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) works hard, brings up his brother Madhu (Ramakrishna), who becomes the Police officer and Joogaiah is still habituated to his vices, whose lavish expenses devour the strivings of Ramu. In the same village, Paanakaalu (Dhulpala) is a cruel moneylender whose only daughter Radha (Kanchana) falls for Ramu. Meanwhile, Madhu marries a modern girl Geetha (Geethanjali), daughter of millionaire Venu Gopal Rao (G. V. Subba Rao), who can't abide the penniless situation in their house and shifts to the city. On the other side, Lakshmi (Anita) loves their distant relative Lokeswara Rao/Lokam (Padmanabham) and Ramu wants to perform their marriage, but Lokam's mother Bhoolokamma (Suryakantham) a shrew, demands Rs. 10.000 as dowry. Though it is not affordable, Ramu promises to give it for the happiness of the couple. Now, Ramu seeks help for Madhu, who requests Geetha when she insults him, Ramu consoles Madhu and returns. In that critical situation, Ramu sells his entire property to Paanakaalu and raises the funds. During the time of the marriage, Joogaiah steals the amount, knowing it, unscrupulous Bhoolokamma calls off the marriage despite tying the knot. Even Madhu could not reach the venue as meets with an accident.

Eventually, Paanakaalu learns about the love affair of Ramu and Radha, so he intrigues against him by auctioning their property. Now Ramu moves to the city along with his family, where Lokam supports him in getting a taxi and he toils to collect the dowry amount. After recovery, Madhu visits the village where he is aware of the misfortune and goes in search of his family. Meanwhile, Lokam plays a drama with the help of Ramu and teaches a lesson to his mother. At present, Madhu finds the whereabouts of his family and decides to take care of them, to which Geeta refuses. Humiliated, Madhu leaves the place and stays along with Ramu. After some time, in a party, a guy Sudhakar (Krishnam Raju) tries to molest Geeta when Ramu saves her, which makes her realize the mistake and pleads for a pardon from Madhu. Simultaneously, Paanakaalu fixes a match for Radha, so, she escapes and reaches Ramu. Paanakaalu follows her, tries to take her against her will, when Ramu shields her, claiming her as his fiancé. On his way back, Paanakaalu spots Joogaiah, who has been troubled by debtors. Here Paanakaalu plots to relieve and bribe him to kill Ramu without knowing the reality. That night, Joogaiah seeks to slay Ramu, in between the combat, they recognize each other when Joogaiah repents and reforms himself. Frustrated Paanakaalu kidnaps Ramu's family. At last, Ramu rescues them and sees the end of Paanakaalu. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Ramu and Radha.

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Ramu
• Kanchana as Radha
• Ramakrishna as Madhu
• Krishnam Raju as Sudhakar (Guest)
• Chittor V. Nagaiah as Ramu's father
• Satyanarayana as Joogaiah
• Dhulipala as Panakaalu
• Padmanabham as Lokeswara Rao / Lokam
• Sakshi Ranga Rao as Sambhaiah
• G.V.Subba Rao as Venu Gopal Rao
• Anjali Devi as Annapurna
• Suryakantham as Bhulokamma
• Geetanjali as Geetha
• Vijaya Lalitha as Dancer
• Anitha as Lakshmi
• Master Aadinarayana Rao as Young Ramu

• Art: G. V. Subba Rao
• Choreography: Heeralal, Sundaram, Venu Gopal
• Fights: Raghavulu
• Dialogues: Gollapudi Maruti Rao
• Lyrics: C. Narayana Reddy, Dasaradhi, Kosaraju
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari, Jayadev, Saraavathi
• Music: T. Chalapathi Rao
• Story: P. V. Subba Rao
• Editing: J. Krishna Swamy, T. V. Balu
• Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj
• Producer: P. V. Subba Rao, P. S. Prakash Rao
• Screenplay — Director: Tatineni Rama Rao
• Banner: Nava Bharath Movies
• Release Date: 1972

Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. Music released on Audio Company.[5]