Malli Pelli (1939 film)

Malli Pelli is a 1939 Indian Telugu-language social drama film directed by Y. V. Rao.[1] The film swayed the imagination of the social reformers of the day, such as Ram Mohan Roy and Kandukuri Veeresalingam.[2]

Malli Pelli
Poster of Malli Pelli
Directed byY. V. Rao
Written byKavitha Kalanidhi
Balijepalli Lakshmikantham Kavi (Dialogues)
Produced byY. V. Rao
StarringY. V. Rao
Kanchanamala
Balijepalli Lakshmikantham Kavi
CinematographyJiten Banerji
Music byV. Ramachandra Rao
Production
companies
Sri Jagadish Films
Newton Studios
Release date
  • 1939 (1939)
Running time
187 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

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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 Lalita 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

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  • Y. V. Rao as Social reformer Sundara Rao
  • Kanchanamala as Lalitha
  • Balijepalli Lakshmikantham Kavi as Janardhana Rao Panthulu
  • Bejawada Rajaratnam as Kamala
  • Koccharlakota Satyanarayana as Venkata Rao
  • Krishnaveni as Annapoorna
  • Rangaswamy as Kaliyugananda Swamy
  • Natesayya as Aparala Ananthayya
  • Manikyamma as Venkamma
  • Narayanayya as 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

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

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  1. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (28 May 2011). "Malli Pelli (1939)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Malli Pelli (1939)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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