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Aadarsa Kutumbam Story
The film deals with a joint family; Raghavendra Rao and his wife Rajyalakshmi are paterfamiliases with four sons and a daughter. The elder son, Pattabhi, and his wife, Janaki, look after the house finances and agricultural work. The second son Prakasam is involved in village politics and wastes time and money therein, and his wife, Jaya, is a shrew who does not contribute anything to the family’s welfare. The third son, Pratap, is a bodybuilder obsessed with diet and fitness and is not bothered about his wife, Rama. The youngest, Prasad, is a graduate and falls for a beautiful girl, Saroja, a doctor. Chandra is the only daughter, and her husband, Suryam, suffers from night blindness. He does not do any work and spends his time lazily living in his in-laws’ house.
To make things worse, his mother, Durgamma, always visits the home, creating rifts in the family. Pattabhi and Janaki’s goodwill is mistaken as inability, and all these people take advantage of their innocence. Meanwhile, Prasad marries Saroja; she enters the family when everybody is in a mess with unnecessary expenditures, arguments, and cheating. So, Prasad and Saroja split the family. The rest of the story is about reuniting the affections and relationships between family members.

Director: K. Pratyagatma
Cast (highlights): Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jayalalithaa, Anjali Devi, V. Nagayya, Gummadi
Genre: Family Drama
Notability: Won National Film Award for Best Telugu Feature (1969); also a Nandi (Second Best Story Writer for K. Pratyagatma).
Critical Reception: Celebrated as a model joint‑family drama with memorable S. Rajeswara Rao songs.
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