Runanubandham

Lakshmi (Anjali Devi) an orphan lives in a village, Subbanna (Gummadi) a local goon treats her as his own sister. In the same village, Pratap Rao (C.S.R), a zamindar converts his property into gold, due to fear of land ceiling act and decide to leave to the city. Unfortunately, that night, their house catches fire in which Zamindar dies and his wife Kantham (Nirmalamma) & son Raghu (Master Gopi) are rescued by Lakshmi. Before breathes her last, Kantham reveals her ambition to see her son as a doctor when Lakshmi promises her to fulfill her dream. Thereafter, Lakshmi shifts to the city join Raghu in the school and start working as a servant at school headmaster Narasimham's (Relangi) house. Here Suryam (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) nephew of headmaster falls for her and he too decides to take part in her responsibility. Meanwhile, Subbanna digs out the hidden treasure from the burnt house, hands over it to Govt and moves in search of Lakshmi & Raghu. After crossing many hurdles, Subbanna finds whereabouts of Lakshmi till then Pratap Rao's cousin Veerabhadraiah (Rajanala) seizes the property and the concerned authorities deny Subbanna's words when self-esteem Lakshmi leaves that place. Parallelly, Narasimham's wife Gajalakshmi (Suryakantham) learns regarding the love affair of Lakshmi & Suryam, so, she ploys, by attributing an illicit relationship between Lakshmi & Subbanna and performs Suryam's marriage with her daughter Padma (Girija). Knowing it, angered Subbanna seeks to kill Gajalakshmi, thereby, lands in jail. Now Lakshmi is left alone but stands up with courage and toils to fulfill her aim. Years roll by, Lakshmi succeeds in making Raghu (Haranath) as a doctor. At present, Raghu wants to construct a hospital to serve the destitute. At that point in time, Lakshmi remembers regarding his father's treasure. On the other side, Veerabhadraiah finds out that Raghu is alive, so, he intrigues to eliminate him. At the same time, Subbanna releases and brings out the truth from Gajalakshmi. Immediately, Suryam rushes for Lakshmi, by that time, Veerabhadraiah kidnaps Lakshmi & Raghu. Suryam & Subbanna rescues them, in which Lakshmi dies while guarding Raghu against harm. Finally, the movie ends Raghu constructing a memorial hospital in the name of Lakshmi.

• Anjali Devi as Lakshmi
• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Suryam
• Gummadi as Subbanna
• Suryakantham as Gajalakshmi
• Haranath as Dr. Raghu & Raghu (dual role)
• Master Gopi as Young Raghu
• Relangi as Narasimham
• Rajanala as Veerabhadraiah
• C.S.R as Zamindar Pratap Rao
• Peketi Sivaram as Seetaiah
• Allu Ramalingaiah as Panthulu
• Girija as Padma
• Nirmalamma as Kantham

• Art: Vaali, Sekhar
• Choreography: Vempati
• Story — Dialogues: Acharya Aatreya
• Lyrics: Samudrala Jr, Kosaraju
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, P. B. Sreenivas
• Editing: N. S. Prakasam
• Cinematography: C. Nageswara Rao
• Music — Producer: P. Adinarayana Rao
• Screenplay — Director: Vedantam Raghavaiah
• Banner: Anjali Pictures
• Release Date: 7 December 1960

Music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. Music released on EMI Columbia Audio Company.