| Palletoori Pilla | |
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| Directed by | B. A. Subba Rao |
| Written by | Tapi Dharma Rao (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | B. A. Subba Rao |
| Story by | B. A. Subba Rao Tapi Dharma Rao P. Adinarayana Rao |
| Produced by | B. A. Subba Rao Raja Saheb of Mirzapuram (Presents) |
| Starring | N. T. Rama Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao Anjali Devi |
| Cinematography | D. S. Kotnis |
| Edited by | K. A. Sreeramulu |
| Music by | P. Adinarayana Rao |
Production company | Sobhanachala & B. A. Subba Rao Joint Productions |
| Distributed by | Poorna films |
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Running time | 176 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Palletoori Pilla (transl. Village Girl) 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 was composed by P. Adinarayana Rao.[1] The film was loosely based on the English play Pizaro by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.[2]
Palletoori Pilla was the first lead role for Rama Rao who had earlier acted in a minor role in Mana Desam (1949). It was blockbuster and was the highest grossing Telugu film of the year, and both Subba Rao and Rama Rao gained a good reputation from it.[1][2] The film also marks the first collaboration between Nageswara Rao and Rama Rao who further acted in 14 films together thereafter.[2]
The film was dubbed into Tamil as Grama Penn which became a hit.[2] It was later remade in Hindi as Insaniyat (1955).[1]