Suhasini (Suhasini) is a poor woman who has a younger brother and two sisters along with an irresponsible drunk father. Her elder sister (Sangeetha) is the breadwinner of the family. Suhasini studies law degree with the hard earned money of her sister and she prepares to marry an older person so that she would get a sum of 10,000 rupees. The hero (Bhanuchander), also a lawyer incidentally arrives in this scene and finds the self-respect of Suhasini to be quite admirable. In a dramatic situation, he marries Suhasini in humanitarian value. The hero’s mother Lakshmi meanwhile is an extremely money minded woman and plans to get his son married for high dowry. Obviously, she gets shocked with this marriage and starts despising her daughter in law. Her husband (Prabhakara Reddy) is a very good gentleman who likes the good nature of Suhasini and her presence of mind. But the money minded mother in law plans to create a rift between Suhasini and her husband when the former goes on a tour to Delhi. The couple also has a son but the mother in law is so evil that she doesn’t allow Suhasini to look after her orphaned siblings when the elder sister dies. Things change in such a way that Suhasini had to leave the in laws house in order to rescue her siblings. A lawyer friend (Rajendra Prasad) helps Suhasini in pursuing her law profession and their friendship is mistaken by the hero. The rest of the film is about how Suhasini proves to be a responsible woman and a successful lawyer. The film ends on a happy note with the clearing of misunderstandings between the lead actors.