Acharya Aatreya

Venu is a very poor student and seeks to come out of the hostel by being unable to bear its expenses. Thus, he shifts to a lawyer Anand Rao's summer-house, who gives it to him free of cost. Venu has a brother who is a blacksmith and funds Venu's studies and his daughter's needs in their village. Anand Rao's wife doesn't agree to give their summer house to a bachelor, so Anand Rao insists that he is married.

The life of 2 friends suguna (Savitri) and chandram (Nageshwara Rao) is potrayed as they and people around them swing between happiness and misery ( denoted as light and shadow).

Dr. Murali Krishna loves Anuradha, but he loses his scholarship after a misunderstanding with her. Krishna becomes engaged to Lakshmi before going to London. An uninterested Lakshmi asks Anuradha to write letters to Krishna on her behalf, intensifying Anuradha's feelings. Then Krishna has an accident and everything changes.

Captain Nagarjuna, a pilot, falls madly in love with Radha, a passenger on one of his flights and gets married to her. Things change when he learns about Radha's past.

Manjal Mahimai (English: Power of Turmeric) is a 1959 Tamil language drama film, produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao under Annapurna Pictures and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Savitri in the laed roles and music composed by Master Venu. The film is based on Aasapoorna Devi's Bengali novel Agni Pariksha which was first remade as Telugu movie Mangalya Balam (1958); both the movies are made simultaneously by same banner & director and some of the scenes & artists are same in both versions. It was later remade as Hindi movie Chhoti Si Mulaqat (1967) with slight changes, starring Uttam Kumar, Vyjayanthimala in pivotal roles

Follows the story of a freedom fighter couple, Santhamma and Dharmarao, during the British Raj.