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Palletoori Bava (1973)

Palletoori Bava poster
Directed by
Kotayya Pratyagatma
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A village man with strong family ties navigates relationships and challenges in his rural community. The story follows his efforts to balance tradition with personal desires.

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What happens

Palletoori Bava (transl. Village Brother-in-law) is a 1973 Telugu-language drama film, produced by A. V. Subba Rao under the Prasad Art Productions banner and directed by K. Pratyagatma. It stars Akkineni Nageshwara Rao and Lakshmi, with music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. 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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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