S. Panju

Although a graduate in Arts, Shanta agrees to get married to a much lesser educated widowed businessman, Ratanlal, who has a son, Mithu, from his first marriage, and re-locates to live with him, his brothers; Ramesh, Rajan, & Baldev, and an aunt. Ratanlal permits her to let her child-widowed sister, Lata, to also live with them. Shanta soon earns the respect and love of everyone in the family. Ramesh gets married to Advocate Motilal's daughter, Tara... (imdb)

Ajit is a poor farmer who has mortgaged his land with Zamindar Haridas. Ajit gets in the bad books of Haridas, and as a result he loses his house and property, on the very day of his sister's marriage. Ajit loses his temper and assaults Haridas, and as a result is arrested and imprisoned. His sister, Parvati, on her own now, gets molested, but is rescued in the nick of time by Haridas' son, Dr. Manohar, who eventually marries her, much to the anger of his dad... (imdb)

Devraj & Bindu are in love with each other. Chandan is a simple man who runs a tea shop outside Bindu's hut & treats her as a sister. Bindu and Devraj get married with the help of Mistry Chacha. Bindu keeps Devraj's brother Raju as her child and Devraj loves Bindu's brother Ramu as his son. With the help of Rai Saheb Kedarnath, Mistry Devraj becomes a big Contractor. Chandan closes his shop and starts working in Devraj's house as his cook one day, the keep of Devraj's father... (imdb)

Seeta marries a poor man against her family's wishes and becomes pregnant. Savitri, her sister, is childless and yearns to have a baby so Seeta gives away her child to her sister. (imdb)

A kind-hearted business tycoon, whose daughter was killed in an accident, takes a liking to an employee's daughter. (imdb)

"Parasakthi" narrates the misfortunes that befall the members of a Tamil family. The youngest sister gets widowed and becomes the victim of an attempted rape by a temple priest. Sivaji Ganesan's character becomes insane.