Ardhangi

Ardhangi or Ardhaangi (Swayamsiddha Katha) (Telugu: అర్ధాంగి) is a 1955 Telugu film. It is based on the novel "Swayamsidda" written by Manilal Bandopadhyay Banerji. The film was remade in Tamil as Pennin Perumai with Sivaji Ganesan and in Hindi as Jyoti with Jeetendra and Hema Malini in 1981. The film has received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, and the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu.

Plot

Padma (Savitri) is forced to marry a mentally retarded man Raghu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) whom she eventually nurses back to health while teaching a lesson to her scheming mother-in-law (Santha Kumari) and brother-in-law Nagendra Rao (Kongara Jaggayya).

Cast