Vivaha Bandham

Vivaha Bandham is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao of Bharani Pictures. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao, Bhanumathi Ramakrishna with music composed by M. B. Sreenivasan, while Bhanumathi has taken care of supervision. It is a remake of the Bengali film Saat Pake Bandha (1963).

Plot
Bharathi is the daughter of retired principal Appa Rao, with values and self-esteem. Lecturer Chandrashekar gets acquainted with her, and they start loving each other. Bharathi's mother, Manikyamba, does not like this alliance because of its prestige. But Appa Rao convinces her and makes the marriage of Chandrashekar and Bharathi. After the wedding, Manikyamba constantly criticizes Chandrashekar, so he leaves their house with Bharathi and starts living happily. Manikyamba does not like her daughter's middle-class life. She starts boasting about her son-in-law to the relatives. Chandrashekar gets hurt by this, so he does not want to return to her house, and Bharathi is sandwiched between mother and husband. Then, ego clashes arise between the couple step by step, and they lose tolerance and separate to get a divorce. In the climax, they understand marriage is not uniting two human beings but connecting two souls. Finally, the movie ends happily.

Cast

 * P. Bhanumathi as Bharati
 * N. T. Rama Rao as Chandra Shekar
 * V. Nagayya as Principal Appa Rao
 * Padmanabham as Kanta Rao
 * M. Balaiah (guest appearance)
 * Haranath (guest appearance)
 * Prabhakar Reddy as Raghu
 * Vangara
 * Dr. Sivaramakrishnaiah
 * Suryakantham as Manikyamba
 * Hemalatha as Shantamma
 * Vasanthi as Aruna
 * Radha Kumari

Soundtrack
Music composed by M. B. Sreenivasan. Lyrics were written by C. Narayana Reddy.