''Palletoori Pilla'' () is a 1950 Indian

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-language film, produced and directed by

B. A. Subba Rao Bugata Venkata Subba Rao, better known as B. A. Subba Rao (died 1987), was an Indian film director and producer who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He is recipient of Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for his lifetime contribution to Telugu cinem ...

under the Sobhanachela & B. A. Subba Rao Joint Productions banner. It stars

N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh fo ...

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...

and

Anjali Devi Anjali Devi (; 24 August 1927 – 13 January 2014) was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in ''Lava Kusa'' as well as for the titular roles in movies like Chenchu ...

, with music was composed by

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. The film marks the first collaboration between Nageswara Rao and Rama Rao who further acted in 14 films together thereafter. The film is loosely based on the English play ''Pizaro'' by

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. It was dubbed into

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as ''Grama Penn'' which became a hit. It was later remade in

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as '' Insaniyat'' (1955).

Plot

Santha (Anjali Devi), a beautiful village girl, grows up along with her cousin Vasanth (Akkineni Nageswara Rao). Vasanth loves her from childhood without her knowledge. In the nearby territory, there lives a dangerous dacoit Kampanna Dora (A. V. Subba Rao) who frequently raids and loots the villages. Once in their attack, Santha slaps Kampanna's main associate Jayanth (N. T. Rama Rao) and argues convincingly regarding their lifestyle and livelihood. The incident makes Jayanth reform, and decide to leave the realm when a rift arises between Jayanth and Kampanna and he is imprisoned. But Jayanth absconds with the help of Thatha (S. V. Ranga Rao) a

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in their squad and reaches Santha's village. At that juncture, he shields Vasanth and Santha against an onslaught of bulls when the villagers embrace and shelter him. Thereafter, Jayanth aegis & develops self-defense skills in them when Santha starts loving him. Knowing it, enraged Vasanth tries to knock out Jayanth, but after learning the real intention of Santha, he couples up them. Right now, Kampanna traipses to destroy the village by slaughtering Thatha when he is crushed by the villagers. Time passes, and Santha gives birth to a baby boy, presently, they celebrate a folk festival when Kampanna ploys and captures Jayanth. Then, Santha denounces Vasanth when affronted Vasanth affirms to safeguard Jayanth and proceeds towards Kampanna's fort. Meanwhile, anxious Santha also moves in search of her husband when the baby is too caught by Kampanna's men. At last, Vasanth protects Jayanth and baby by sacrificing his life and also gives pardon to Kampanna which makes him repent. Finally, the movie ends, and it is shown that Vasanth's soul blesses the villagers.

Cast

Cast according to the song book ;Male Cast * Nageswara Rao as Vasanth *

as Jayanth * A. V. Subba Rao as Kampana Dora * S. V. Ranga Rao as Dhathra * Koteswara Rao as Marthand * Ramamurthi as Lapam * Sethuramaiah as Dapam * Kadapalli Ramayya as Purandarayya ;Female Cast *

as Santha * Lakshmikanta as Rajini * Bala Saraswathi as Sambha * Baby Mallika as Sasi * Hemalatha as Vasanth's Mother * Kanakam * Seetha

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Music released on Audio Company.

Production

This was the first movie of the NTR and ANR combination. Initially, Raghuramayya was selected for the hero's role and later he was replaced by ANR. This is the first film of

in a lead role. His second film was ''

Shavukaru ''Shavukaru'' () is a 1950 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by L. V. Prasad. The film was produced by Nagireddy and Chakrapani under the Vijaya Productions banner as their maiden production. It stars N. T. Rama Rao in his first leadin ...

'', which was shot after ''Palletoori Pilla'' released earlier. For an action sequence, N. T. Rama Rao refused to let the director employ a stunt double and fought with a violent bull himself. The director had told Rama Rao only to catch the horns of the Australian bull he had to fight (to save Santha and Vasanth), but Rama Rao literally fought with the savage bull which ultimately threw him to the ground, fracturing his right hand. Despite being told to take rest, Rama Rao reported for the shoot the very next day. Two fractures later, Rama Rao was still shooting, wearing full sleeves to cover the bandages.

Box office

The film ran for more than 100 days in 7 centers in

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References

Bibliography

* Naati 101 Chitralu (Telugu hit films released between 1931 and 1965), S. V. Rama Rao, Kinnera Publications, Hyderabad, 2006, pages: 52–3.

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0207000 1950 films 1950s Telugu-language films Films directed by B. A. Subba Rao Indian black-and-white films Indian films based on plays Telugu films remade in other languages