Mahajananiki Maradalu Pilla is a 1990 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by M. Narasimha Rao under the Raasi Movie Creations banner, directed by Vallabhaneni Janardhan, with Vijaya Bapineedu in direction supervision. It stars Rajendra Prasad and Nirosha , with music composed by Upendra Kumar. The film was a remake of 1989 Kannada film Nanjundi Kalyana. Upendra Kumar, who had composed the songs for the original movie, retained all the six songs from the original.

Plot

Dr. Ram Murthy (Satyanarayana) lives with his brother-in-law Narayana Rao's (Sridhar) family along with his wife Seeta (Subha) and their three daughters. Once, Ram Murthy requires money for medicines for a patient in a serious condition, Narayana Rao refuses and the patient dies, as a result, the family splits in two, Ram Murthy leaves the house with his wife and children. After 20 years, Narayana Rao tells his son Ravi (Rajendra Prasad) what happened, and also says that he and his sister had considered marrying Ravi to his sister's elder daughter Devi (Nirosha). Now Ravi decides to reunite the two families by marrying Devi. He presents himself to his aunt, pretending to be Kishtaiah, his father's younger son, who died 20 years ago. Ram Murthy and his family believe that he is truly Kishthaiah and let him move in with them. Devi is a proud, arrogant woman and is not interested in marriage. Kishtaiah eventually convinces Devi to marry him, and they move back to his village, where he works as a servant in his parents' house. Eventually, Devi loses her arrogant ways and becomes content with her simple life with her husband in their small house. Eventually the truth comes out, Finally, all of them know the truth that Kishtaiah is none other than their nephew Ravi.