Aada Paduchu (1967)

Melodrama written by noted Telugu directors Prasad and Pratyagatma. Satyam (NTR) looks after his sister Sharada (Chandrakala) and younger brother Shekhar (Shobhan Babu). The sister has an accident and goes blind just before her marriage. The younger brother gets married and takes to drinking and gambling. Satyam finally succeeds in bringing the family together and restores his sister’s sight. The film adapted two earlier versions of the same plot, C. Narayanamurthy’s Naa Chellelu (1953) and Prasad’s own Chhoti Bahen (1959).