Pattaliyin Vetri

The film begins, Paramasiva (S. V. Ranga Rao) distressed peasant checks in a village along with his daughter Lakshmi (Savitri) and an ox. He meets Sowcar Shivam (T.S.Balaiah) a cruel & crafty person to seek some land on the lease. Shivam promises to give 2 acres of fertile land after yielding his mango orchards, also provides another sick ox and Paramasiva names them as Ramudu & Lakshamanudu. Kannan (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a loyal trustworthy servant of Shivam whose word is an ordinance to him, shares a bond beyond a servant and also takes care of Bhujangarao's daughter Chandra (Girija) as his own sister. Meanwhile, as a glimpse, Ranga (K. A. Thangavelu) Shivam's nephew return to the village giving up his education and falls for Chandra. After some time, Paramasiva successfully yields the mango orchard when Shivam deceits him by endowing a dry land. Right now, Paramasiva decides to dig a well at the site shown by Ramudu, Chandra also repents for her father's breach, so, she supports them with the help of Ranga. After crossing many hurdles Paramasiva acquires the triumph but to bring out the water there is a necessity of a motor for which a huge amount is required. At that point in time, as usual, bullock cart races are conducted in which Kannan wins every year, so, Lakshmi determines to participate in it with Ramalakshmanulu for the prize amount. Here Chandra pleas Kannan to loss the bet when he replies that ready to sacrifice his life but not the prestige of his sovereign. During the time of the race, Kannan attempts the best shot but Lakshmi holds the victory. At present, Shivam accuses & humiliates Kannan as he intentionally did the deed, as a result, he leaves his service. Peeved by this, Shivam intrigues to destroy the motor when Kannan obstructs and injured. Now Lakshmi realizes Kannan's honesty and they start loving each other. Thereafter, on the advice of Ranga, Kannan collaborates all the peasants and performs cooperative farming which irks Shivam and ploys to thwart their plans. At last, in the final battle, Shivam falls into a bog, Kannan struggles to extricate him but fails and before dying, he entrusts Chandra's responsibility to Kannan. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Kannan & Lakshmi and Ranga & Chandra.

• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Kannan
• Savitri as Lakshmi
• S. V. Ranga Rao as Paramasiva
• T. S. Balaiah as Sivam
• K. A. Thangavelu as Ranga
• K. Sarangkapani
• P. D. Sambandam as Singaram
• Girija as Chandra
• E. V. Saroja as Dancer
• K. R. Chellam
• K. N. Kamalam

Music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao & Master Venu. Playback singers are T. M. Soundararajan, Ghantasala, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, S. C. Krishnan, P. Leela, P. Suseela, Jikki, T. V. Rathinam & Swarnalatha.

Music released on Audio Company.

Yarlagadda Venkanna Chowdary, who himself was a landlord, decided to produce a film based on the theme of exploitation of farmers by landlords, written by socialist writer Sunkara Sathyanarayana for his debut production. Adurthi Subbarao was signed on to direct the film, while Sunkara and Tapi Dharma Rao wrote the dialogues. B. S. Jagirdar and Akkineni Sanjeevi worked as cinematographer and editor respectively.

Nageswara Rao and Savitri were selected to portray the lead pair. S. V. Rangarao was first offered the landlord's role, but Rangarao preferred the character of downtrodden farmer Chandraiah's character as he found it more challenging. Dagubati Ramanaidu, who went on to become a popular producer in Telugu cinema worked as one of the partners in the film. The film also happened to be his debut film as an actor. He acted as the body double for Nageswara Rao driving the bullock cart in long shot scenes, besides donning the district collector's role.[5]

National Film Awards

• 1959: President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Telugu[6]