Mala Pilla

Mala Pilla or Malapilla (English: Girl from Mala caste) is a 1938 Indian Telugu-language social drama film directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam.[1] The film was produced by Sri Sarathi Studios. It is based on a social drama taking Unnava Lakshminarayana's story Mala Pilla, a love story between a Brahmin boy and a Dalit girl.[2] The film dealt with the crusade against untouchability, prevailing in pre-independent India.[3][4]

Mala Pilla
Directed byGudavalli Ramabrahmam
Written byTapi Dharma Rao
Produced byGudavalli Ramabrahmam,
Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad
StarringGovindarajula Subba Rao
Kanchanamala
P. Suri Babu
Sundaramma
Venkatasubbaiah
Puvvula Anasuya
Teku Anasuya
P. Ganga Ratnam
Hemalathamma Rao
P. Laxmikantamma
M. C. Raghavan
Vangara
CinematographySailen Bose
Music byBhimavarapu Narasimha Rao,
Master Venu
Production
company
Sri Sarathi Studios
Release date
25 September 1938
Running time
175 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Songs
  • Aa Mabbu Ee Mabbu (That Cloud, This Cloud)
  • Jai Mahadev (O Great God)
  • Jatara Setamu Ra
  • Vaduku Vaduku
  • Kuleelandaru Ekamu Kavale Ra
  • Venu Manohara Ganamu
  • Savirahe Tavadeena
  • Nallavade Gollapillavade

References
  1. Naati 101 Chitralu, S. V. Rama Rao, Kinnera Publications, Hyderabad, 2006, pp.14.
  2. Nostalgia Mala Pilla (1938) at Cinegoer.com Archived 26 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Naati 101 Chitralu, S. V. Rama Rao, Kinnera Publications, Hyderabad, 2006, pp.14.
  4. "Nostalgia Mala Pilla (1938) at Cinegoer.com". cinegoer.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012.

Mala pilla written by SRIPAADA SUBRAMANYA SASTHRY, not Sri Unnava lakshminarayana. Unna lakshminarayana written MALAPALLE.

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