Jayasudha won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her titular performance.

[1] Jyothi (Jayasudha), a teenage girl who is in love with Ravi (Murali Mohan), suddenly marries Rajayya (Gummadi), an old man who is about her father's age.

The secret behind this unexpected marriage forms the rest of the gripping family story.

Despite Raghavendra Rao's debut film Babu (1975) becoming a failure, Kranthi Kumar had confidence in him and assigned him to direct Jyothi.

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