The film centers on a wealthy, conscientious joint family living in a grand house named Santhi Nivasam.

Gopi, on the other hand, falls in love with Radha, the daughter of Advocate Seetapati Rao, who is tormented by her stepmother, Vimalamma.

On the night of the wedding, Lakshmi, exhausted due to her pregnancy, is picked up by Gopi, further fueling Raju's suspicions about their relationship.

Misled by Chitti, Raju becomes estranged from Lakshmi and begins spending most of his time with Ragini, misunderstanding her sibling-like affection for him.

In the midst of this turmoil, Simhalu uncovers Chitti's deceit, including her theft of a necklace Raju had gifted to Lakshmi.

Gopi, heartbroken by the family's disarray, contemplates self-sacrifice, but Raju intervenes in time and pleads for forgiveness from Lakshmi.

The actors Vallam Narasimha Rao and Padmanabham acquired the Telugu rights of S. V. Sahasranamam's Tamil play Malliyam Mangalam, which was written by B. S. Ramiah, for their first stage production made under the Rekha & Murali Arts banner.

Samudrala Jr. was hired to make changes, such as expanding the story and creating new characters for the film adaptation, which was also titled Santhi Nivasam and was produced under Sri Productions.

Cinematography was handled by Kamal Ghosh (with J. Sathyanarayana serving as "operative cameraman"), editing by N. M. Shankar and C. Hari Rao.

C. S. Rao, who used to enact scenes for his actors, accidentally slipped during one such exercise on the doormat before Ragini's (Krishna Kumari) house set while entering, but immediately managed to balance himself.

Kantha Rao, who portrayed Gopi's older brother Raju, believed this was intentional and part of the story, and did exactly the same when filming the scene.