Palletoori Bava

Palletoori Bava
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Pratyagatma
Produced by	A. V. Subba Rao
Written by	Bhamidipaati Radha Krishna (dialogues)
Screenplay by	K. Pratyagatma
Story by	Balamurugan
Starring	Akkineni Nageshwara Rao Lakshmi
Music by	T. Chalapathi Rao
Cinematography	P. S. Selvaraj
Edited by	J. Krshna Swamy Balu
Production company	Prasad Art Productions[1]
Distributed by	Navayuga Films
Release date	11 June 1973 (1973-06-11)
Running time	150 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Palletoori Bava (English: Village Brother-in-law) is a 1973 Telugu drama film, produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the Prasad Art Productions banner^[2] and directed by K. Pratyagatma.^[3] It stars Akkineni Nageshwara Rao and Lakshmi in the lead roles, with music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.^[4] The film is a remake of the Tamil film Pattikada Pattanama (1972). The film was remade in Kannada as Putnanja (1995) and in Hindi as Banarasi Babu (1997).^[5]

Plot

Eedukondalu (Akkineni Nageshwara Rao) is a Zamindar of a village, Seeta Nagaram. He gets married to his maternal uncle Bheema Rao's (Nagabhushanam) daughter, the foreign-returned Lalitha (Lakshmi). He is faithful and she is a daredevil, happy-go-lucky type. One day it was her birthday party and she starts drinking and dancing. Eedukondalu feels ashamed of his wife being like that. He gets angry and slaps her, he noticed that he did the wrong thing, but she ran away to her mother Deepa Lakshmi (Sukumari). He decides to get her back, but after teaching her a lesson and he also succeeds in making her pregnant, preventing the doctor from aborting the child. She delivers a baby boy. He now walks away with the 15-days-old kid and comes back to his village and threatens to marry again. The stage is set for his remarriage. She appears on the scene. She wants the child back. Confrontation; she says she cannot live without the child. He says if she cannot live without her and child, then why did she want to separate his mother from her child. Then she realizes her mistake.

Cast

• Akkineni Nageshwara Rao as Eedukondalu
• Lakshmi as Lalitha
• Chandra Mohan as Madhu
• Nagabhushanam as Bheema Rao
• Relangi as Lawyer Bhajagovindam
• Ramana Reddy as Kotaiah
• Raja Babu as Minor Babu
• Gokina Rama Rao as Edukondalu's uncle
• Mada as butler
• Chitti Babu as rickshaw puller
• Sarathi as Dosakaya
• Rama Prabha as Chittamma
• Shubha as Rangamma
• Sukumari as Deepalakshmi
• Nirmalamma as Edukondalu's grandmother

Crew

• Art: G. V. Subba Rao
• Choreography: Sundaram, Taara, Pasumarthi, Saleem
• Dialogues: Bhamidipaati Radha Krishna
• Lyrics: Acharya Aatreya, C. Narayana Reddy, Kosaraju, Aarudhra
• Playback: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, V. Ramakrishna, Jayadev, Sharavathi
• Music: T. Chalapathi Rao
• Story: Balamurugan
• Editing:J. Krshna Swamy, Balu
• Cinematography:P. S. Selvaraj
• Producer: A. V. Subba Rao
• Screenplay - Director: K. Pratyagatma
• Banner: Prasad Art Productions
• Release Date: 11 June 1973

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy. Music released on Audio Company.

References