Mallammana Pavaada
The screenplay was by P . Pullaiah based on his 1955 Telugu movie with similar story titled "Ardhangi" , which itself was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of the Bengali novel "Swayamsidda" , written by Manilal Banerjee . 
<triplet> Ardhangi <subj> 1955 <obj> publication date