Palnati Yuddham is a 1947 Indian Telugu-language historical war film jointly directed by L. V. Prasad and Gudavalli Ramabrahmam. Based on the Battle of Palnadu, the film stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Govindarajula Subba Rao and Kannamba, with music composed by Galipenchala Narasimha Rao. It is produced by Koganti Venkata Subba Rao under the Sri Sarada Productions banner.
The film was remade once again in Telugu with the same title in 1966, starring N. T. Rama Rao and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna.
Plot
Cast
Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Balachandrudu
Govindarajula Subba Rao as Brahmanaidu
Kannamba as Nayakuralu Nagamma
S. Varalakshmi as Maguva Manchala
Teegala Venkateswarlu as Nalagama Raju
Mudigonda Lingamurthy as Narasinga Raju
D. S. Sadasiva Rao as Malideva Raju
V. Koteswara Rao as Kannamadasu
Gidugu Venkata Seetapati Rao as Kommaraju
Koneru Kutumba Rao as Alaraju
Vangara as Subbanna
A. Annapoorna as Renukamba
G. Visweswaramma as Iytamba
J. Gangaratnam as Anmamba
B. Narimani as Koyapilla
T. Rajabala as Dancer
Crew
Art: Nagoor, S. R. Valu
Choreography: Vempati
Dialogues - Lyrics: Samudrala Sr. Playback: Ghantasala, Sundaramma, Prayaga, Akkineni, Kannamba, S. Varalakshmi Music: Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao Story: Vempati Sadasivabrahmam Editing: Maanikyam Cinematography: Jiten Bannerjee Producer: Koganti Venkata Subba Rao Screenplay - Director: Gudavalli Ramabrahmam, L. V. Prasad Banner: Sri Sarada Productions Release Date: 24 September 1947
Soundtrack
Music was composed by Galipenchala Narasimha Rao. Lyrics were written by Samudrala Sr.
Production
The shooting of the movie started in 1945 when after 10% of the shoot was completed, director Gudavalli Ramabrahmam expired with illness. Then L. V. Prasad took up the megaphone and completed it with Katuri Jaganmohan as his associate. At the beginning of the movie, Gudavalli's death and funeral scenes were shown. Gudavalli Ramabrahmam and lyricist Samudrala were colleagues at the magazine Prajamithra, they had worked together the first time in this film. The movie was the first historical movie in Telugu and it is the debut film for S. Varalakshmi as a singer.