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Secretary Story
The film begins with Jayanti joining as a secretary in Vanitha Vihar, the society of high-class ladies such as Sumitra Devi, Rekha Rani, Mrs. Karunakaram, etc. Here, she gets acquainted with an industrialist, Raja Shekaram, and he starts liking her as she resembles his past love, Geeta, who has died. This irks the remaining ladies as they are indulgent in his smartness and wealth. As a result, Jayanti loses her job, so Raja Shekaram appoints her as his secretary. Anyhow, quarrels and disputes arise between them as Jayanti loathes Raja Shekaram’s closeness with other ladies. Later, Raja Shekaram realizes Jayanti is his maternal uncle’s daughter through their grandmother, and they decide to knit. Knowing it, the tycoons begrudge, especially Mr. and Mrs. Karunakaram, as they aspire to splice their daughter Prameela with Raja Shekaram. So, they ploy and split Jayanti, showing menace to Raja Shekaram. Parallelly, Jayanti’s grandmother also passes away when she quits.
Now, Mr. Moneybags creates notoriety as if she eloped, but Dr. Vijayalakshmi shelters Jayanti as a governess to her infants. Plus, her younger sibling Prasad wants to nuptial Jayanti, which she also accepts. Meanwhile, Prameela elopes with a guy named Sivaram when the big shots are mortified and plead pardon from Raja Shekaram. Surprisingly, to the wheel of fortune, Prasad happens to be Raja Shekaram’s bestie. Right now, Raja Shekaram learns about the espousal of Prasad and Jayanti, so he calmly leaves the place. At last, Prasad and Vijayalakshmi are aware of the fact and retrieve Jayanti. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Raja Shekaram and Jayanti.

Director: K. S. Prakash Rao
Cast (highlights): Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri; ensemble incl. Chandra Mohan, Gummadi, Kaikala Satyanarayana
Genre: Drama (literary adaptation)
Notability: Suresh Productions (D. Ramanaidu); based on Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani’s novel; music: K. V. Mahadevan; released 28 Apr 1976; ~156 min.
Critical Reception: Popular ANR–Vanisri vehicle; songs by K. V. Mahadevan were widely aired.
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