Dharma Pathni is a 1953 Hindi-language Drama motion picture written by Aluri Chakrapani and directed by P. Pullaiah and produced by P. Pullaiah and P. Santha Kumari under the banner of Famous Films. When the community start to mock Neeru about her being separated from her husband, Manoharlal, for over 4 years, her widowed mother, Ganga, goes to plead with the latter to take back her daughter. And when he refuses, she instructs her daughter to obey her husband at any and all costs and passes away. Neeru moves in with her husband and his family, which includes his father, Nataraj; mother - a devotee of Sachidanand; sister, Shanta, who is married to Babulal, but has moved back in after quarreling with him; and alcoholic brother, Mohan. Her husband makes it clear that he is not interested in any relationship with her, is ing a woman by the name of Purnima, who he hopes to marry after their divorce, and gives her 3 months to pretend that they are married. Neeru accepts this condition and soon takes charge of the family, fires wasteful servants, organizes the household, befriends Mohan, cures Nataraj of his gambling, and gets rid of Sachidanand and his disciples. She then indirectly assists Manohary at work much to his displeasure, and even meets with Purnima - but nothing will prepare her for the shock when bad luck visits the family at the stock exchange - her mother-in-law blames her for everything - thus paving the way for her exit and eventual divorce. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com). Dharma pathni features Bhanumathi Ramakrishna in the title role along with an ensemble cast including P. Santha Kumari, Hemalatha, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nirupa Roy, Mahipal Singh and Motisagar. The screenplay is written by P. Pullaiah. The music was composed by Timir Baran along with Annasaheb Mainkar. Cinematography was done by S. K. Pai and editing by Baburao Barodkar. The motion picture has a running time of 10-1941.