Jeevana Jyothi (1988 film)
Jeevana Jyothi () is a 1988 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by D. Pratap Raju and directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao. It stars Sarath Babu, Jayasudha, Rajendra Prasad and Khushbu, with music composed by Raj–Koti. The film was a remake of Tamil film Thaali Dhaanam. Plot 
The film begins with an ideal wealthy couple Sridhar & Kalyani who are perturbed as they are childless. Parallelly as a glimpse, Akbar is their servant whom Kalyani endears as her son, and he too is like-minded. Akbar loves and knits his love interest Noorjahan. Meanwhile, Kalyani gets pregnant, but to misfortune, she goes into a miscarriage, and doctors declare that she cannot conceive again. So, she forcibly remarriages Sridhar with his secretary Nirmala. All is well, until Nirmala's mother Durgamma, a shrew, walks in. Later, Nirmala gives birth to a baby girl, Kalyani dots upon and fosters the baby. Just after, Durgamma creates turbulence which makes Kalyani quit the house along with Akbar. Years roll by, and Sridhar's daughter's alliance is fixed when Kalyani moves, nevertheless, she is terminally ill. Meanwhile, Sridhar is bankrupted, and the wedding is disrupted due to dowry. Thereupon, Kalyani arrives and performs the wedding by sacrificing her diamond wedding chain ‘’Mangalasutram’’ gifted by Sridhar, a long ego. Finally, Kalyani departs in her husband's lap and Akbar carries out her last rites. 