Bala Mitrula Katha is a 1973 Telugu-language film directed by K. Varaprasada Rao, starring Jaggayya, Krishnam Raju, Gummadi and Nagabhushanam.

It is a story of the friendship of two kids of different social statuses and the support of their teachers amid the political and village backdrop.

As part of the plan to earn money, Dharmayya lies that Satyam committed suicide.

Kotayya searches for his son and reaches the cattle house with a lamp, and the grass catches on fire.

None of the village elders, Papayya, Bhushayya, and Kotayya, can understand the intensity of the friendship between Dharmayya and Satyam and their commitment to the truth.