lans. Families and Censorship Even while th( opposition to the film gained momentum/ Chiraiijee\ i fans in various parts o^ the state went on a hungei strike demanding that the film should not be banned 1 w o month » after the film was released when it was mmomed that the Censor Board s decision was knthcoming C hiranjee^ i tans held a rally in Hyderabad in support ot [lie film i hey threat i0 ( ned tocommst suu kle li ihelilm was banned Ultnndtely the himuds i»ot banned/ although addihondl ( u^ weie made after it had run iorovci thn'e months ^^.Jl f tt ^"r^w Con*- id( led hv its dt tr H toi s to bi the ^ ost ob »( A poster of A/W.i Majakn ('Telu^wit ammaxfi} PC ddaiah agrees to the marriage aftet he icali/es that the ancestral land which Sitaram s father had distubuted to the coolies contains priceless granite deposits I Ie demands the land as dowry davs before the pro^ osed marnage Sitaiam's father refuses to take it back from the coolies, and Peddaiah cane els the marriage Angered by Chinna's choice, Vasundhara dupes the coolies/ steals their land and makes a deal with Peddaiah Chinna's marriage is fixed with Pappi without his knowledge Meanwhile it becomes public knowledge that Malieswan is piegnant (Chmna, before return ing to America, has had sc\ with her) Sitaram's father commits suicide when he realizes that the coolies have lost their recently acquired land Sitaram and Malieswan move to the city and wait for Chmna to return Upon Chinna's return, Malieswan is falselv arrested for prostitution befoic his eyes Disgusted, Chmna rejects her Sitaram is framed (by Peddaiah) in the murder of a police officer and subsequently sentenced to death He escapes from custody and forcibly marries Pappi who was all set to get married to Chmna With the help of a lawyer, Sivarama Krishna (Ginbabu), the estranged husband of Vasundhara, Sitaram comes out of prison on parole He is then transformed by his father-in-law into Toyota, a rich NRI on the lookout for an Indian bride, to tea^h Vasundhara a lesson and to resolve the multiple crises of the film After another arrest Join rial q/Arh &' Ideas