Palletooru

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Palletooru
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tatineni Prakash Rao
Written by	Sunkara Vasireddy (story / dialogues)
Screenplay by	Tatineni Prakash Rao M. S. Chowdary
Produced by	P. Sivaramaiah
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Savitri
Cinematography	Ajaykar Vital
Edited by	Nataraja Modaliyar
Music by	Ghantasala
Production company	People's Art Productions
Release date	16 October 1952 (1952-10-16)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Palletooru (transl. Village) is a 1952 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by P. Sivaramaiah under the People's Art Productions banner and directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri and music composed by Ghantasala. This Silver Jubilee film initiated a trend of films with rural settings and social themes.

Plot[]

Chandram (N. T. Rama Rao) is a dynamic youth of a village who educates the villagers about new scientific technics to develop their agriculture skills. He falls for a beautiful girl Suguna (Savitri) daughter of a farmer Sambaiah (Koduuri Achaiah) The village head Ganapati (S. V. Ranga Rao) poses himself as a devotee but factually a malevolent person who tries to cease Chandram's activities along with his associate Shankaram (Ramana Reddy). Once Ganapathi tries to molest his henchmen Kondaiah's (Nagabhushanam) wife Shantha (T. G. Kamala Devi) the cousin of Chandram but she escapes. Keeping that grudge in mind, he slanders against Shanta that she has illicit relations with Chandram when Kondaiah necks her out. Meanwhile, Ganapathi exploits Sambaiah and he decides to couple up Suguna with him to which she refuses. So, Ganapathi & Shankaram ploys & indicts Chandram in a crime and he is sentenced. Parallelly, Ganapathi also implicates Kondaiah in a black-marketing case and sends him jail. In prison, Chandram makes Kondaiah 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 & Suguna.

Cast[]

• N. T. Rama Rao as Chandram
• Savitri as Suguna
• S. V. Ranga Rao as Ganapati
• Ramana Reddy as Shankaram
• Mikkilineni as Lawyer
• Perumallu as Pichaiah
• Chadalavada as Subbaiah
• Nagabhushanam as Kondaiah
• Koduuri Achaiah as Sambaiah
• T. G. Kamala Devi as Shanta
• Hemalatha as Anasuya
• Vasundhara as Naagulu
• Seshamamba as Pichamma
• Padmavathi as Seetamma
• Baby Krishna Veni as Lalitha

Soundtrack[]

Music composed by Ghantasala. Lyrics were written by Sunkara & Vasireddy. The patriotic song "Cheyetti Jai Kottu Telugoda" is a blockbuster. Music released by Audio Company.

External links[]

• Palletooru at IMDb
• Nostalgia: Palletooru at Idle Brain.com