Baala Bandana

Orphaned as an infant, Ranga (played by ) is brought up by his distant relative Chandrashekhar Rao Bahadur ( ) and his compassionate wife Parvathi (M Jayashree). Chandrashekhar Rao heads a large family of three sons Ramnatha (Vajramuni),  Somanatha (Bengaluru Nagesh) and Vishwantha ( ), two daughters, the widowed Rajamma (Lakshmi Devi), their young children and Rajamma’ son. Parvathi promises her childhood friend Mayakka that she will take her daughter Lakshmi ( ) as her third daughter-in-law but ends up giving her in marriage to Ranga when her third son (he is in love with Lepakshi (B Jaya) refuses to marry her. Life takes a cruel turn for Chandrashekhar Rao when he loses all his wealth in share market. His daughter’s marriage is called off, his sons attitude change and he is forced to send Ranga and Lakshmi out. He dies heartbroken. Ranga with the help of Kotaiah ( ) finds a job in a factory owned by Rachappa (Mahadevappa) whose son is to have married Geetha. How Ranga sets right the turmoil in the family and reunites them forms rest of the story. The music of the film was composed by and lyrics for the soundtrack written by Ku.Ra.Sitaramashashtry and . All the songs were received very well. The duet “Chinnadanta Naadige” became hugely popular upon release.