Mala Pilla

మాలపిల్ల Mala Pilla
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Directed by	Gudavalli Ramabrahmam
Produced by	Challapalli Maharaja, Gudavalli Ramabrahmam, Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad
Written by	Gudipati Venkata Chalam, Unnava Lakshminarayana, Tapi Dharma Rao
Starring	Govindarajula Subba Rao Kanchanamala P.Suri Babu Sundaramma Venkatasubbaiah Puvvula Anasuya Teku Anasuya P.Ganga Ratnam Hemalathamma Rao P.Laxmikantamma M.C.Raghavan Vangara
Music by	Bhimavarapu Narasimha Rao, Master Venu
Cinematography	Sailen Bose
Production company	Sri Sarathi Studios
Release dates	25 September 1938
Running time	175 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Malapilla or Mala Pilla (Telugu: మాలపిల్ల; Maalapilla) was a 1938 Telugu Blockbuster film, that brought the social evil - caste system into the limelight. It was directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam. It is based on a social drama taking Gudipati Venkatachalam's story Mala Pilla, a love story between a Brahmin boy and a Harijan girl. The film dealt with the crusade against untouchability, prevailing in pre-independent India.

The plot

The story is based on the discrimination against Harijans in villages. While some try to end discrimination, the Brahmins oppose it headed by priest Sundarama Shastri (Subba Rao). His photographer son Nagaraju (Suri Babu) falls in love with Shamapalatha (Kanchanamala), a Harijan girl and elopes with her to Calcutta where he teaches her to read and write. The two sects fight over water and work. After Shastri's wife is saved by the Harijans from a fire accident, his view of them changes. With the police and a few civilians, the situation in the village calms down while Nagaraju and Shampalatha are married with Shastri's blessings.

Songs

• Aa Mabbu Ee Mabbu
• Jai Mahadev
• Jatara Setamu Ra
• Vaduku Vaduku
• Kuleelandaru Ekamu Kavale Ra
• Venu Manohara Ganamu
• Savirahe Tavadeena
• Nallavade Gollapillavade

External links

• Malapilla movie at IMDb.
• Malapilla movie at Indiancine.ma
• Malapilla songs.