Zamindar Bhujangarao has two sons. The elder son Raghunath Rao born to his first wife is retarded. After her death, he married Rajeswari and the couple has a son Nagendra Rao / Naagu a man of vices. Impressed by the way Padma, a village girl faced Naagu when he threatened to take their farmlands, the Zamindar fixes Naagu's marriage with her.
