Kaanal Neer

Suren (Nageswara Rao) hails from a zamindari family. Unable to get permission to pursue his studies, he leaves home and reaches Madras, hiding his identity. His elder daughter Madhavi (Bhanumathi) has become a widow at a young age. Hearing about the goodness of the teacher, she gets drawn to him though she has never met him. Later, due to mischievous relatives, she begins to dislike him and dismisses him.