''Malli Pelli'' is a 1939 Indian

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

-language social drama film directed by

Y. V. Rao Yaragudipati Varada Rao (Telugu: యెర్రగుడిపాటి వరదరావు; 30 May 1903 – 13 February 1979) was an Indian director, producer, actor, screenwriter, and editor known for his works primarily in Telugu, Kannada, ...

. The film swayed the imagination of the social reformers of the day, such as

Ram Mohan Roy Raja Ram Mohan Roy ( bn, রামমোহন রায়; 22 May 1772 – 27 September 1833) was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a social-religious reform m ...

and

Kandukuri Veeresalingam Kandukuri Veeresalingam (16 April 1848 27 May 1919) was a social reformer and writer from the Madras Presidency, British India. He is considered as the father of the Telugu Renaissance movement. He was one of the early social reformers who en ...

Plot

Janardhana Rao Panthulu (Balijepalli) is a lawyer. He was a fundamentalist who valued commitments to orthodox rituals. He marries his six-year-old daughter Lalita (Kanchanamala) to an old man and dies shortly after. The result is that Lalit becomes a widow at an early age. Elegant grows between serious commitments. A Swami named Kaliyuganandaswamy enters the house and Janardhana Rao enters the house. The name of the master was spread all over the place. All the people flocked to see him, believing that it was heaven to eat their Tirthaprasadas. The masters make Janarthana Rao a puppet in his hand and wield power over him. One day someone came to call me by name and unknowingly put a blob on Lalit's face. The blob masters look on and shout that the Kallerra Jesse religion has been desecrated. All the salesmen speak Nana. Lalit is in desperate grief. She is introduced to a social reformer named Sundara Rao (Y. V. Rao). He persuades her and frees her from the old commitments and remarries.

Cast

Social reformer A reform movement or reformism is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or also a political system closer to the community's ideal. A reform movement is distinguished from more radical social movements such as revolutionary move ...

Sundara Rao *

Kanchanamala Kanchanamala (1917–1981) was an Indian actress known for her works in Telugu cinema. Personal life She was born in Tenali, Andhra Pradesh. During her childhood days, she went to live with her uncle who was a violin teacher. She was married to ...

as Lalitha *

Balijepalli Lakshmikantham Kavi Balijepalli Lakshmikantha Kavi (23 December 1881 – 30 June 1953) was an Indian playwright, novelist, poet, screenwriter, actor and freedom fighter. He is remembered for the magnum opus ''Satya Harischandriyamu'', a play written in 1924, and ...

as Janardhana Rao Panthulu * Bejawada Rajaratnam as Kamala *

Koccharlakota Satyanarayana Koccharlakota Satyanarayana (2 April 1915 - 1969) was a Telugu film and drama actor and playback singer during the early period of Telugu cinema.Abhinava Ramudu, Kocharlakota Satyanarayana, Tholinati Gramaphone Gayakulu, Modali Nagabhushana Shar ...

as Venkata Rao * Krishnaveni as Annapoorna * Rangaswamy as Kaliyugananda Swamy * Natesayya as Aparala Ananthayya * Manikyamma as Venkamma * Narayanayya as

CID CID may refer to: Film * ''C.I.D.'' (1955 film), an Indian Malayalam film * ''C.I.D.'' (1956 film), an Indian Hindi film * ''C. I. D.'' (1965 film), an Indian Telugu film * ''C.I.D.'' (1990 film), an Indian Hindi film Television * ''CID'' ( ...

Inspector * Rajalakshmamma as Subbamma * Srinivas as Ramajogi * Suryanarayana as Sapindi Sankarayya * Kasi Chenchu as Sabhapati * Ramachandra Murthy as Ramudu * Rajaratnam as Kamala/Subhadramma * Krishnavenamma as Annapurnamma * Naga Lakshmi as Naamcharamma

Music

The soundtrack of the film is composed by V. Ramachandra Rao and lyrics were written by

. The following are the songs in the film: * "Aanadamega Vaanchhaneeyamu" * "Cheli Kumkumame Paavaname" * "Koyilaro Edi Ni Prema Geethi" * "Na Sundara Surachira Rupa" * "Gopalude Ma Gopalude"

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt0264830, title=Malli Pelli, description=(1939) 1939 films Indian films based on actual events Films about social issues in India Indian drama films 1930s Telugu-language films Indian black-and-white films Films directed by Y. V. Rao Films scored by V. Ramachandra Rao