''Palletooru'' () is a 1952 Indian Telugu-language

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directed by

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in his directorial debut. It stars

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and Savitri, with music composed by Ghantasala. It was produced by P. Sivaramayya under People's Art Productions banner. The film was a big hit and initiated a trend of films with rural settings and social themes.

Plot

Chandram is a dynamic youth of a village who educates the villagers about new scientific techniques to develop their agriculture skills. He falls for a beautiful girl Suguna, daughter of a farmer Sambayya. The village head Ganapati poses himself as a devotee but was actually a malevolent person who tries to cease Chandram's activities along with his associate Sankaram. Once Ganapathi tries to molest his henchmen Kondayya's wife Santha, the cousin of Chandram but she escapes. Keeping that grudge in mind, he slanders against Santha that she has illicit relations with Chandram when Kondayya necks her out. Meanwhile, Ganapathi exploits Sambayya and he decides to couple up Suguna with him to which she refuses. So, Ganapathi and Sankaram incriminate Chandram and he is sentenced. Parallelly, Ganapathi also implicates Kondayya in a black-marketing case and sends him to jail. In prison, Chandram makes Kondayya realize his mistake. After release, the bravo Chandram stands courageously for justice, gives a check to the baddies, and makes them punished for their deeds. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Chandram and Suguna.

Cast

as Chandram * Savitri as Suguna * S. V. Ranga Rao as Ganapati *

Ramana Reddy Ramana Reddy (1 October 1921 – 11 November 1974) was an Indian character actor, comedian and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 24 years, he acted in more than 200 movies. Ramana Reddy and Relangi ...

as Sankaram * Mikkilineni as Lawyer *Perumallu as Pichayya * Chadalavada as Subbayya * Nagabhushanam as Kondayya *Koduuri Achayya as Sambayya * T. G. Kamala Devi as Santha *

Hemalatha Hemalatha, often credited as Hema, is an Indian actress and dancer. She is acclaimed for her roles as Raghavi in the popular soap opera '' Kana Kaanum Kaalangal'' on STAR Vijay and as Deepa in the superhit Tamil drama serial on Sun TV ''The ...

as Anasuya *Vasundhara as Naagulu *Seshamamba as Pichamma *Padmavathi as Seetamma *Baby Krishna Veni as Lalitha

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Ghantasala. Lyrics were written by Sunkara and Vasireddy.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0254652 1950s Telugu-language films 1952 films Indian black-and-white films Films directed by T. Prakash Rao Indian drama films 1952 drama films