Aatma Bandhuvu

Aatma Bandhuvu () is a 1962 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by Y. Rama Krishna Prasad and C. V. R. Prasad under Saradhi Studios and directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Savitri, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film is a remake of the Tamil-language film "Padikkadha Medhai" (1960), which itself was a remake of 1953 Bengali-language film "Jog Biyog", based on the novel of the same name by Ashapoorna Devi.
Plot.
Rao Bahadur Chandrasekharam is a successful businessman and has a loving family with compassionate wife, Parvathi, 3 sons; Prasad, Sridhar and Raghu, 2 daughters, the widowed Mangalamba and Geetha, 2 daughters-in-law Lalitha, Kamala, and their children. Along with them, they adopt an orphan Ranga, an innocent guy who is utterly devoted to the family. Meanwhile, Parvathi promises to make her childhood friend's (Prabhavathi) daughter Lakshmi as her third daughter-in-law, but Raghu refuses it because he is already in love with a girl Janaki. To Keep up Parvathi's word, Ranga marries Lakshmi. Everything moves happily, Geetha also gets a rich alliance with Madhu, son of Rajarao. But suddenly, life takes a U-turn, where Chandrasekharam is bankrupted, Geetha's marriage is called off. There onwards, his family members' attitudes completely change and they start seeing Rao Bahadur in a low profile. Ranga could not tolerate it and reacts to them, so, they put the blame of theft on him. Seeing this, Chandrasekharam asks Ranga and Lakshmi to leave the house. Ranga gets acquaintance with a person Kotaiah and finds a job in a factory owned by Rajarao. Afterward, broken-hearted Chandrasekharam dies leaving his wife and youngest daughter to be in their children's merciless care. Finally, Ranga, with his simplicity and pure-hardheartedness, proves in the end that love and affection is the greatest wealth.
Soundtrack.
Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.