Pilla is a song that talks about the life of women in the villages of Telangana under feudal lords ruled by Nizam. This is a part of the classroom exercise where we have to write a song on the film from the region we come from.
Film : Maa Bhoomi (1979) (Telugu)
Director: Goutam Ghose
Screenplay: B. Narsing Rao, Goutam Ghose, Partha Banerjee, Pran Rao.
Director: Goutam Ghose
Screenplay: B. Narsing Rao, Goutam Ghose, Partha Banerjee, Pran Rao.
Punnami naata pandu vennelole
Pasidi naata puttadi Bomma vole
Nindu kundolunnave o pillaa
[ Like a shimmering moon on a full moon night; like a glistening gold doll, you look so complete oh, girl.]
Pasidi naata puttadi Bomma vole
Nindu kundolunnave o pillaa
[ Like a shimmering moon on a full moon night; like a glistening gold doll, you look so complete oh, girl.]
Dora bandi kinda ayya saste
Dorasaani kaali kinda nuvu vadite
Dora kodukuku baanisa vaithiva
[Your father died under lords cart and you're squashed under their queen's feet, and their son made you his slave.]
Dorasaani kaali kinda nuvu vadite
Dora kodukuku baanisa vaithiva
[Your father died under lords cart and you're squashed under their queen's feet, and their son made you his slave.]
Kota nundi nizam oste
Pakkala ninu panda pedite
Rommu kolishi aaana ichindaa
[When the nizam arrived, they forced you to sleep with him and he measured the size of your breast and gave you an anna (paisa)]
Pakkala ninu panda pedite
Rommu kolishi aaana ichindaa
[When the nizam arrived, they forced you to sleep with him and he measured the size of your breast and gave you an anna (paisa)]
Gukka tippi santeedhediste
Paani aapi paalu istivani
Pothi kadupula ninnu tannindaa
[As your infant started crying heavily, you went to feed her milk. They Blamed you for skipping the work and kicked you in the stomach]
Paani aapi paalu istivani
Pothi kadupula ninnu tannindaa
[As your infant started crying heavily, you went to feed her milk. They Blamed you for skipping the work and kicked you in the stomach]