In the song Addala Meda Vundi, heavy star cast Jayalalitha, Kanchana, Jamuna and Girija make guest appearances as patients admitted in mental hospital.

The film opens with the narrator explaining that there are nine types of human behaviors (Navarasam), such as Wonder, Fear, Compassion, Anger, Equanimity, Disgust, Elegance, Bravery and Bliss and that Nageswara Rao's nine roles represents one character per role.

When she happily celebrates Navaratri festival at her home with her friends, her father informs her about the visit of a groom and his parents for her wedding.

Radha is reluctant to the proposal as she wants to marry her college mate Venu Gopal.

Radha feels cheated by Venu and attempts suicide, where she is stopped by a widower Anand (Akkineni Nageswara Rao).

Third night (Compassion): After escaping from the brothel, Radha is caught by a patrol policeman for wandering into the road at an unusual time.

The old aged lonely doctor Karunakar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) understands that Radha is fine, but is pretending to be ill to escape from the cops and so he helps her.

Radha understands police is not looking for her but looking for the man as he is a killer who killed a rich businessman in revenge for his brother's death.

Fifth night (Equanimity): Radha runs into a farmer group cheering and dancing while harvesting the crop.

An innocent villager (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), takes her to his house and introduces to his elder sister.

A local priest (Relangi) visits their home and says that Radha is possessed by a spirit in order to cheat her of money by performing some fake rituals.

Sixth Night (Disgust): Radha meets an old aged leper (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), who once upon a time was a rich man.

Seventh Night (Elegance): Radha feels very tired and asks for water from one of the houses.

But the heroine elopes with a harmonium player and his whole troop are in critical position in search of a replacement for the seventh day play failing on which will make them to lose their money and reputation in the village.

Eighth Night (Bravery): Radha disguises herself as a man and visits the house of a hunter (Akkineni Nageswara Rao).

Radha has actually left her home before her father knew that she was in love with a person and the lover is the same man he has arranged for his daughter.

Ninth Day (Bliss): Venu Gopal (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), looks pale and dull after Radha left her home.

Except the dead gunman, her marriage is attended by the all the seven characters (portrayed by Akkineni Nageswara Rao) she met during those eight days.