K. Viswanath later remade the film in Hindi with leading lady Jaya Prada, as Sargam, in 1979.

She is ill-treated by her stepmother (Rama Prabha), who wants to make her daughter Savithri (Kavitha) a film heroine.

Sambayya (Chandra Mohan), an orphan, is in love with Hyma, and saves her from being cheated by her vile stepmother and her nephew, Badram (Devadas Kanakala).

Sambayya takes Hyma to the city after her father's (Satyanarayana) death, where he is afflicted by TB.

Edida Nageswara Rao, who started as a junior artist and dubbing artist, ventured into filmmaking and, along with friends from Kakinada, successfully dubbed and released the Tamil film Venkateswara Kalyanam in Telugu, which inspired them to pursue making a direct Telugu film.