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Rojulu Marayi Story
The film begins in a village where the Zamindar Sagarayya is malicious and tyrannizes the farmers by mingling with Karanam Sambayya and a goon Polayya. Kotayya, an honest peasant, leads a happy family life with his wife, son Venu, and daughter Bharati. Kotayya is most loyal to Sagarayya, but Venu always confronts his atrocities.
Meanwhile, Kotayya decides to couple up Bharati with Venu’s close friend Gopalam; when his father Venkatadri insists on dowry and is helpless, Kotayya requests a loan from Sagarayya. Exploiting it, Sagarayya wants to mortgage his property, which Venu refuses, and a rift arises between father and son. Moreover, Venu loves Radha, the daughter of a retired army soldier, Ratnam, who is ostracized from the village. Knowing it, Sambayya aggravates Kotayya, so Venu leaves the house and marries Radha.
Currently, Venu collaborates with all the peasants and decides to perform collective farming, for which he sends a petition to the collectorate. Keeping the grudge in mind, Sagarayya suffers Venu but stands up with courage and moves forward. After that, the District Collector arrives for the inspection, where Venu breaks out the offenses of Sagarayya and Sambayya and sanctions wastelands for cultivation. Nevertheless, Sagarayya creates many obstacles that Venu gamely encounters. Distressed, Sagarayya strikes and necks out Polayya for his inability when Venu embraces and reforms him.
Hence, Sagarayya ploys to spoil Bharati’s match when Radha resolves the conflict with her amicable. So, as a home straight, Sagarayya forces Kotayya to stop nuptials when he, too, revolts against him. During marriage, Sagarayya intrigues and attacks the wedding procession, and Venu rescues them. Just before, Sagarayya also blasts the reservoir when the crop is about to flood. At last, the entire village unites together, safeguards it, ceases Sagarayya, and gets him arrested. The film ends with the marriage of Gopalam and Bharati, and Kotayya inviting back Venu and Radha.

Director: Tapi Chanakya
Cast (Highlights): Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Sowcar Janaki, Seeta Rama Anjaneyulu Chilakalapudi
Genre: Drama
Notability: Marked the debut of Waheeda Rehman in the film industry.
Critical Reception: The film ran for over 25 weeks in theatres, becoming a silver jubilee hit.
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