Palasa 1978

Palasa 1978
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Karuna Kumar
Produced by	Dhyan Atluri
Written by	Karuna Kumar,; Tammareddy Bharadwaja (presenter)
Starring	Rakshith; Nakshatra; Raghu Kunche
Music by	Raghu Kunche
Cinematography	Arul Vincent
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Distributed by	Suresh Productions
Release date	6 March 2020;
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Palasa 1978 is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language period action film written and directed by Karuna Kumar. The film stars Rakshith, Nakshatra, and Raghu Kunche (who also composed the music) in the lead roles with Thiruveer in a negative role.[1][2] The film received positive reviews from critics.

Cast

Rakshith as Mohan Rao
Nakshatra as Lacchimi
Raghu Kunche as Chinna Dora Guru Murthy ("Chinna Shavukar")
Janardhan as Pedda Dora Linga Murthy
Vijay Ram as Lacchimi
Thiruveer as Rangarao
Laxman Meesala as Dandaasi
Prawin Yendamuri as Tarakesh
Jagadeesh Prathap Bandhari as Muthyalu
Mirchi Madhavi as Sri Laxmi
Thanmai Bolt as Gajula Gowri
Shanmuk as Ganapavasu
Sherin Santhosh as Jaggamma

Production

Rakshith, who was last seen in London Babulu (2017), was signed to play the lead role after he consulted short film director Karuna Kumar. Rakshit's family friend, Tammareddy Bharadwaja, distributed the film. Rakshith learned the Palasa dialect of Telugu for the film.[3] Thiruveer, who played the antagonist in George Reddy (2019), was signed to portray an antagonistic role.[1]

Music

The music is composed by Raghu Kunche.

Track list
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nakkileesu Golusu"	Uttarandhra Janapadam	Raghu Kunche	3:56
2.	"Baavochhadu"	Uttarandhra Janapadam	Aditi Bhavaraju	3:15
3.	"Ye Ooru Ye Oore"	Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar	Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, Raju Jamuku Asirayya	3:10
4.	"O Sogasari"	Lakshmi Bhupala	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Baby Pasala	5:14
5.	"Kalavathi Kalavathi"	Suddala Ashok Teja	Ramya Behara, Raghu Kunche	4:25
6.	"Chinthachettukinda"	Karuna Kumar	Sandhya Koyyada	1:16
Total length:				21:16

Release

The Times of India gave the film four out of five stars and wrote that "Highlighting the casteist nature of the state and mainstream politics, Palasa has a reference to many atrocities committed on Dalits across the country".[1] In a review of the film by The Hindu, the reviewer wrote that "Director Karuna Kumar's film is a gritty story of folk artistes picking up guns for survival".[4]

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References

"Palasa 1978 Movie Review: Not your run-of-the-mill crime drama". The Times of India.
"Palasa 1978 has a release date! - Times of India". The Times of India.
Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (September 16, 2019). "'Palasa 1978' doesn't advocate violence, says actor Rakshit Atluri". The Hindu.
Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (March 6, 2020). "'Palasa 1978' movie review: The strong script makes it a compelling watch". The Hindu.

External links

Palasa 1978 on IMDb

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[T-1] "Palasa 1978 Movie Review: Not your run-of-the-mill crime drama". The Times of India.

[2] "Palasa 1978 has a release date! - Times of India". The Times of India.

[3] Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (September 16, 2019). "'Palasa 1978' doesn't advocate violence, says actor Rakshit Atluri". The Hindu.

[4] Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (March 6, 2020). "'Palasa 1978' movie review: The strong script makes it a compelling watch". The Hindu.