chiranjeevulu (1956)In a village, Mohan (NTR) and Sarada (Jamuna) are childhood friends and their fathers Ramadas, a sweets vendor and Rayudu, a school teacher respectively decide to perform their marriage. Enter Rathnam, the estranged brother-in-law of Rayudu and from then on a series of incidents follow suit with Sarada marrying Dr. Krishna and Mohan going blind. Dr. Krishna saves Mohan and restores his eye sight. He suspects his wife’s fidelity but by the time he learns the truth the tragedy occurs.
Being a doctor one expected Krishna to give an antidote to the poison consumed by his wife Sarada. Instead the doctor bides his time, lifts her to the car and drives it on that cyclonic night to take her to Mohan, to the garden where Mohan and Sarada met during their childhood, thus allowing her to die in front of Mohan who also succumbs to the shock.
