Palletoori Pilla is a 1950 Indian Telugu language folklore film, produced and directed by B. A. Subba Rao under the Sobhanachela & B. A. Subba Rao Joint Productions banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi in the lead roles and music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. The film is loosely based on the English play Pizaro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and it was remade as the Hindi film Insaniyat.
Plot
The film begins on Shanta a beautiful village girl, grows up along her cousin Vasanth. Vasanth loves her from childhood without her knowledge. In the nearby territory, there lives a dangerous dacoit Kampanna Dora who frequently raids and loots the villages. Once in their attack, Shanta slaps Kampanna's main associate Jayanth and argues convincingly regarding their lifestyle & livelihood. The incident makes Jayanth reform, decides to leave the realm when a rift arises between Jayanth & Kampanna and he is imprisoned. But Jayanth absconds with the help of Tata a casuist in their squad and reaches Shanta's village. At that juncture, he shields Vasanth & Shanta against an onslaught bull when the villagers embrace and give him shelter. Thereafter, Jayanth aegis & develops self-defense skills in them when Shanta starts loving him. Knowing it, enraged Vasanth tries to knock out Jayanth, but after learning the real intention of Shanta, he couples up them. Right now, Kampanna traipses to destroy the village by slaughtering Tata when he is crushed by the villagers. Time passes, Shanta gives birth to a baby boy, presently, they celebrate a folk festival when Kampanna ploys and captures Jayanth. At that point in time, Shanta denounces Vasanth when affronted Vasanth affirms to safeguard Jayanth and proceeds towards Kampanna's fort. Meanwhile, anxious Shanta also moves in search of her husband when the baby too caught by Kampanna's men. At last, Vasanth protects Jayanth & baby by sacrificing his life and also gives pardon to Kampanna which makes him repent. Finally, the movie ends, it is shown that Vasanth's soul blessing the villagers.
Music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. Music released on Audio Company.
S. No.
Song Title
Lyrics
Singers
length
1
"Mahatma"
Tapi Dharma Rao
Ghantasala
1:35
2
"Premamaya"
Tapi Dharma Rao
Pithapuram
2:51
3
"Shantavanti Pilla"
Tapi Dharma Rao
Ghantasala
2:49
4
"Dheerakampana"
P. Adinarayana Rao
Jikki
2:42
5
"Vaddura Baboi"
Tapi Dharma Rao
Pithapuram
2:51
6
"Chinnari Papayi"
Tapi Dharma Rao
Jikki
3:05
7
"Vuntenemi"
Tapi Dharma Rao
Jikki
2:26
8
"Chitapata Chinukulu"
Tapi Dharma Rao
Pithapuram,Jikki
2:08
9
"Palleseemala Bratuke"
Tapi Dharma Rao
Jikki
2:58
Production
This was the first movie of the NTR and ANR combination. Initially, Raghuramaiah was selected for the hero's role and later he was replaced by ANR. This is the first film of N. T. Rama Rao in a lead role. His second film was Shavukaru, 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, 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.
