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Mala Pilla is a film directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam with Govindarajula Subba Rao

Mala Pilla (1938)

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Length 2h55
Rating80% 4.0357454.0357454.0357454.0357454.035745

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.

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Govindarajula Subba Rao
Kanchanamala
P. Suri Babu
Vangara Venkata Subbaiah
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