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Malli Pelli (1939)

Malli Pelli poster
Directed by
Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Genre
drama film
Country
British Raj, India
Runtime
3h 07m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film is about social issues in 1930s India. It follows people dealing with traditional customs and the push for change led by reformers.

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What happens

Malli Pelli is a 1939 Indian Telugu-language social drama film directed by Y. V. Rao. The film swayed the imagination of the social reformers of the day, such as Ram Mohan Roy and Kandukuri Veeresalingam. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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