[3] Its soundtrack includes the popular songs "Idi Mallela Velayani" and "Medante Meda Kadu," the latter marking one of the early hits of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam in Telugu cinema.

Ranga Rao) is a retired army major who lost his eyesight on the battlefield years ago.

Ravi returns home, while Rajini is disheartened to find that she is pregnant and is afraid to tell her brother.

She writes a letter to Ravi asking him to return so she can marry him and take the blessings of her brother.

Ravi claims he has no involvement and insults Rajini, and they get into a fight, in which Mohan accidentally kills him.

Chandrakanth realizes Srikanth lied about the entire situation including misreading the letter.

Meanwhile, a disheartened Srikanth enters and relays Ravi's death news to his father, but realizes he is already aware of it.

Before being arrested, Chandrakanth asks Srikanth to leave the uniform so he can solve a personal matter.

Mohan, unwilling to let Chandrakanth be arrested, takes Srikanth's gun and threatens him before shooting himself.

Sukhadukhalu is the Telugu adaptation of the Tamil play Major Chandrakanth, written by K. Balachander.

The play had previously been adapted into the Tamil film Major Chandrakanth (1966), directed by Balachander himself.

Producer P. Ekamreswara Rao, after witnessing the play, decided to adapt it into a feature film.