the film begins zamindar tirumala rao's (gummadi) wife mahalakshmamma (pushpavalli) and his sister nancharamma (suryakantham) deliver male children on the same day. to give their son a better life, nancharamma & her husband seshachalam (mahankali venkaiah) swap the infants. after that, due to nancharamma's ploy, mahalakshmamma seeks asylum in an ashram. now seshachalam decides to get rid of tirumala rao's child, so he leaves him in the same ashram whom mahalakshamma raises without knowing the truth. years roll by, prabhakar (r. nageswara rao) nancharamma's original son becomes a huge burglar and commits robberies along with his moll rita (rajasulochana). gopal (n. t. rama rao) tirumala rao's son becomes a police officer is specially appointed to lookout for the robber's gang. in the beginning, he suspects nancharamma's daughter sobha (savitri), so he joins as a driver in their house and falls in love with her. under the impression that prabhakar is his son, tirumala rao plans to perform his marriage with sobha. at last, nancharamma reveals the truth when prabhakar attacks her and drags sobha to his den to steal her jewelry. after a feisty fight, gopal brings the culprits to book. finally, tirumala rao & mahalakshmamma reunite and the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of gopal & sobha.