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Mahatmudu Story
Zamindar Parvatamma has two sons, Venu Gopal and Nanda Gopal. Though the elder, Nanda Gopal, is a foster, she is fair and calls the two Gopal. Venu loves a girl, Seeta. Before he unveils it to the elders, Nandu gets acquainted and starts liking her. Knowing it, Parvatamma moves the bridal connections, which Seeta accepts with confusion of names. Being aware of it, Venu stupefies but retrieves and knits them, convincing her. Soon after, Nandu is mindful of their prior familiarity when sly Manager Basavaiah provokes his suspension, which makes Venu quit. Midway, he shields a girl, Radha, Zamindar Ranganatham’s daughter, from suicide, being pregnant before wedlock. Thus, Venu pretends to be her husband for the legitimacy of the child, Venu. Besides, Nandu goes into the clutches of a malicious Giri, who addicts him to vices. Time passes, Seeta and Radha give birth to babies, and Parvatamma passes away.
Eventually, Venu ameliorates the lifestyles of the destitute when everyone in that area adores him. Here, Giri keeps an evil eye on Seeta; out of humiliation, she exits and fortunately reaches Venu. Parallelly, Giri and Basavaiah swindle Nandu and neck him out. Next, Giri shows his presence at Radha’s residence, who deceived her. Whereat, he spots Seeta and tries to molest her when destiny makes Nandu land therein and rescues her. Radha seeks to slay Giri when Venu shields him. At last, Giri reforms, pleads pardon, and accepts Radha. Finally, the movie ends with Venu dedicating his life to the public’s welfare.

Director: M. S. Gopinath
Cast (highlights): Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sharada; with Murali Mohan
Genre: Drama
Notability: Rajeswari Chitra; music: T. Chalapathi Rao; 1976 release.
Critical Reception: A standard social/family drama of the period; appreciated for performances.
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