Harischandra (Rajendra Prasad) and Satya (Raasi) are middleclass couple with a kid. Satya's brother promises a bounty of Rs. 1 crore if this couple gives birth to a girl. Satya approaches a renowned Swamiji and seeks his blessings. Then swamiji advices her that they should start telling lies to everybody by making the old proverb 'abaddalu chebite aadapillalu pudataru' come true. As the situation had it, Harischandra lands up marrying Meena (Gurlin Chopra). He gets Meena to his house and introduces Satya as a servant maid. The rest of the film is all about how Harischandra realizes the bitterness of being husband of two wives.
Analysis :
Raasi is so virtuous. So after this second wife walks in, Raasi becomes the maid servant. She's introduced as a single mother, a relative of Harischandra. But one day, the 2nd wife finds out that Raasi is pregnant. This greatly confuses her. How can this happen to a single woman? It confuses us even more. The way Raasi's abdomen was in the songs, we assumed that she was carrying from the beginning of the movie itself. Now we know. Moreover, that logic has holes. That way, even Rajendra Prasad must be carrying! And he does carry. Not a baby, but the whole movie, on his aging shoulders. He remains great during the lighter moments as well as during the pseudo emotional scenes. In the end, all the three of them live happily with their respective babies.
TeluguOne Perspective :
The first half of the movie, though irritatingly reminding us of Shubalagnam, is fairly interesting, and earns it a decent rating, thanks to the Rajendra Prasad's humor timing. No clever dialogues - just his timing keeps it going here. The second half is overwhelmingly emotional. A lot more humor here that wasn't meant to be funny. A lot of crude attempts at humor, though. In all, apart from Rajendra Prasad, this one's strictly for the people who like such kind of movies. Whatever kind this is.