''Palnati Yuddham'' is a 1947 Indian Telugu-language historical

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

jointly directed by

L. V. Prasad Akkineni Laxmi Vara Prasada Rao (17 January 1907 – 22 June 1994), known professionally as L. V. Prasad, was an Indian film director, producer, actor, and businessman. He was one of the pioneers of Indian cinema and is the recipient of the Dad ...

and

Gudavalli Ramabrahmam Gudavalli Ramabrahmam was an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Telugu cinema. He is known for directing critically acclaimed social problem films like ''Mala Pilla'' (1938) and ''Raithu Bidda'' (1939). At a time w ...

. Based on the Battle of Palnadu, the film stars

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 ...

Govindarajula Subba Rao Dr. Govindarajula Venkata Subba Rao (1895 – 29 October 1959) was a famous Telugu drama and film actor.Nata Ratnalu, Dr. Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy, Second edition, Seetharatnam Grandhamala, Vijayawada, 2002, pp:56-59 Life sketch He play ...

and Kannamba, with music composed by

Galipenchala Narasimha Rao Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao ( te, గాలి పెంచల నరసింహారావు) (1903–1964), also known as Gali Penchalayya, was an Indian film music composer. He was a representative of the first generation of music directors ...

. It is produced by Koganti Venkata Subba Rao under the Sri Sarada Productions banner. The film was remade once again in Telugu with the same title in 1966, starring

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 ...

and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna.

Plot

Cast

as Balachandrudu *

as Brahmanaidu * Kannamba as Nayakuralu Nagamma *

S. Varalakshmi Saridey Varalakshmi (13 August 1925 – 22 September 2009) was an Indian actress and singer who worked in Telugu and Tamil-language films. She was popular for her roles and songs in Telugu films like ''Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam'' (1960) and '' ...

as Maguva Manchala *Teegala Venkateswarlu as Nalagama Raju *

Mudigonda Lingamurthy Mudigonda Lingamurthy, shortly Lingamurthy ( Telugu: ముదిగొండ లింగమూర్తి) (10 October 1908 – 24 January 1980), was an Indian film character actor known for his works in Telugu cinema and theater. Life ...

as Narasinga Raju *D. S. Sadasiva Rao as Malideva Raju *V. Koteswara Rao as Kannamadasu *Gidugu Venkata Seetapati Rao as Kommaraju *Koneru Kutumba Rao as Alaraju * Vangara as Subbanna *A. Annapoorna as Renukamba *G. Visweswaramma as Iytamba *J. Gangaratnam as Anmamba *B. Narimani as Koyapilla *T. Rajabala as Dancer

Crew

*Art: Nagoor, S. R. Valu *Choreography: Vempati *Dialogues - Lyrics: Samudrala Sr. *Playback: Ghantasala, Sundaramma, Prayaga, Akkineni, Kannamba, S. Varalakshmi *Music:

Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao ( te, గాలి పెంచల నరసింహారావు) (1903–1964), also known as Gali Penchalayya, was an Indian film music composer. He was a representative of the first generation of music directors ...

*Story:

Vempati Sadasivabrahmam Vempati Sadasivabrahmam shortly Sadasivabrahmam () (b: 1905 – d: 1968) was a writer of film stories, dialogues and lyrics in the early period of Telugu cinema.Sadasivabrahmam Vempati, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part II, Potti Sriramulu Telugu U ...

*Editing: Maanikyam *Cinematography: Jiten Bannerjee *Producer: Koganti Venkata Subba Rao *Screenplay - Director:

*Banner: Sri Sarada Productions *Release Date: 24 September 1947

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

. Lyrics were written by

Samudrala Sr Samudrala Raghavacharya (19 July 1902 – 16 March 1968), also known as Samudrala Sr., was an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, director, and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. Samudrala Senior made his screen debut in ...

Production

*The shooting of the movie started in 1945 when after 10% of the shoot was completed, director Gudavalli Ramabrahmam expired with illness. Then L. V. Prasad took up the megaphone and completed it with Katuri Jaganmohan as his associate. At the beginning of the movie, Gudavalli's death and funeral scenes were shown. *Gudavalli Ramabrahmam and lyricist Samudrala were colleagues at the magazine ''Prajamithra'', they had worked together the first time in this film. *The movie was the first historical movie in Telugu and it is the debut film for S. Varalakshmi as a singer.

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* {{L. V. Prasad 1947 films Films set in the 12th century Indian war films Films set in Andhra Pradesh History of India on film Indian films based on actual events Films directed by L. V. Prasad 1940s Telugu-language films 1947 war films Indian black-and-white films Films scored by Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao