Puttillu is a telugu movie.  Dharmayya (Perumallu), a traditionalist and upright farmer, leads a simple life with his wife Santhamma (Ramani), son Suryam (Mikkilineni) and daughter Suseela (Jamuna). He decides to get her married despite Suseela’s desire to study further. Perayya Sastri (Allu Ramalingaiah) brings a match for her and the marriage is fixed with Raghava Rao (Rajarao) on condition that Dharmayya should finance Raghava Rao’s higher education. Suseela suffers at the hands of her mother-in-law Mahalakshmamma (Surabhi Kamala). Her father-in-law Venkaiah (Chadalavada) is a mute spectator of all this. Her pleasure-seeking husband leaves for the city to join a college where he meets Paul (Ramana Reddy) who introduces him to a woman of low morals, Jimmy (Suryasri). Once money stops coming from Dharmayya, Raghava Rao returns home and shows his ire on his pregnant wife. Suseela delivers a boy, and when Dharmayya comes to drop her at her mother-in-law’s house. Mahalakshmamma does not allow her to step in. Raghava Rao plans to marry Jimmy and demands money from Suseela, who pleads with him not to desert her and their child. In a fit of anger, Raghava Rao sends her out of the house. A determined Suseela decides to lead an independent life. How she earns the respect of all and manages to save the honour of her parents is narrated in a telling manner.