Palletoori Pilla

Palletoori Pilla (1950)

పల్లెటూరి పిల్ల

At the command of tyrannical Kampanna Dora, Chief Jayanth raids many villages in the region to loot them of their food, livestock, and wealth. When a village girl Shanta slaps him, his whole perspective on life changes.

Date of release
1950-04-27
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 56m
Genres
Drama
Director
B. A. Subba Rao

Casting

Interesting facts

Palletoori Pilla is a 1950 Indian Telugu-language film produced and directed by B. A. Subba Rao under the Sobhanachala & B. A. Subba Rao Joint Productions banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi, with music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. The film was loosely based on the English play Pizaro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Production

Palletoori Pilla marked the first on-screen collaboration between N. T. Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Initially, Kalyanam Raghuramayya was cast in the lead role, but he was later replaced by Nageswara Rao. While this film was the first to be shot with N. T. Rama Rao in a lead role, his second film, Shavukaru (1950), was released before Palletoori Pilla.

During filming, Rama Rao performed his own stunts, notably in an action sequence involving a bull. Although the director advised using a stunt double, he insisted on doing the scene himself. Rama Rao was instructed to only catch the bull's horns, but he fully engaged in the fight, resulting in a fall that fractured his right hand. Despite sustaining two fractures, he continued shooting the next day, covering his bandages with full sleeves.

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