Raitu Kutumbam is a 1972 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by T. Rama Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Kanchana, with music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.

Plot

The film begins in a village with a joint family. Its elder son Joogaiah is a vagabond, and his wife Annapurna is a benevolent rearing the two infant brothers-in-law Ramu & Madhu as equal to her daughter Lakshmi. She strives hard for survival by cultivating the leftover land. Spotting the older one, Ramu aids his sister-in-law by quitting his education. Years roll by, and Ramu toils and molds brother Madhu as a Police officer. Besides, Joogaiah continues his vices, whose lavish expenses devour the strivings of Ramu. Paanakaalu is a cruel moneylender in the same village whose only daughter, Radha, falls for Ramu. Meanwhile, Madhu marries a modern girl, Geeta, the daughter of millionaire Venu Gopal Rao, who can't abide being penniless and shifts to the city.