Lakshadhikari Rangayya's (Chittoor V.Nagayya) right hand man is Sitayya (Gummadi). Rangayya is accused of murdering a diamond merchant and is sent to jail. His son is kidnapped and found by a childless couple Picchayya (Ramana Reddy) and Achamma (Suryakantham). He is named as Varaprasad. The couple, has a daughter named Leela after sometime.

Grown up Varaprasad (N T Ramarao ) becomes a doctor, starts a pharmacy with the help of Sitayya. He falls in love with Sitayya's daughter Padma (Krishna Kumari) and leads a happy life. Then he finds out that he is not the couple's own son, so he sets out to find his biological parents. In a surprising twist, the now released Rangayya is found to be innocent while the real murderer turns out to be Sitayya.