Adrusta Jathakudu

The film begins in the village where Anantharamayiah, a school teacher resides with his two children Prasad & Sarada. Once, Zamindar Raja Raghunath Rao ploys to squat the school land which Anantaramaiyah denies. Hence, Raghunath Rao sets fire, in which, Anantharamaiah dies while guarding the children. Now left alone Prasad & Sarada are split by their paternal & maternal aunts. Whereat, Sarada is subjected to punishments. Knowing it, Prasad seeks his sister, but shrew aunt Ramanamma denies it. Hence, to rear her, Prasad lands in the city and acquires a job in a mechanic shed owned by Parandhamiah. Years roll by, and Prasad turns into a chief mechanic, but Sarada is still struggling clutches of Ramanamma. Meanwhile, Prasad joins as a tenant at a retired army officer Eshwar Rao whose daughter Vijaya loves & knits him. Parallelly, a moneybag Gopal visits the village, and hoodwinks Sarada, who conceives. Being cognizant of it, Prasad pledges to straighten out the plight. Currently, Prasad fetches Sarada with him when Vijaya too wholeheartedly consoles her. After a while, Sarada gives birth to a baby boy and detects Gopal the Parandhamaiah's son who belies her, when Prasad strikes. During this, Parandhamiah ensures him to fix the issue. Anyhow, he backstabs Prasad by incriminating and sentencing him. Soon after acquit, Prasad challenges Parandhamaiah to splice Sarada with his son. At that point, Prasad spots, shields, and shelters an old man from suicide. Startlingly, he transforms into Raja Raghunatha Rao, who has approached them as a penance for his sin. Due to this, he lost all his men. As of now, he declares Prasad as his heir. At last, Prasad in various forms of disguise reforms Parandhamiah & Gopal. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note.

• N. T. Rama Rao as Prasad
• Vanisri as Vijaya
• Nagabhushanam as Raja Raghunatha Rao
• Mikkilineni as Subbaramaiah
• Dhulipala as Parandhamaiah
• Ramakrishna as Gopal
• Padmanabham as Brahmam
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Ananda Rao
• Raavi Kondala Rao as Captain Eeswar Rao
• Sakshi Ranga Rao as Govinda Rao
• Potti Prasad as Papaiah
• Chidatala Appa Rao as Venkata Swamy
• Jagga Rao as Tadigala Tatabbai
• Radha Kumari as Ramanamma
• Suma as Sharada
• Lakshmi Kantamma
• Jyothi Lakshmi as item number
• Master Adinarayana as Young Prasad
• Baby Sridevi as Young Sharada
• Chalapathi Rao as Doctor

Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.[5]