1938-39 samvatsarAlalO telugu sinimA kotta rUpu diddukundi. sinimA prayOjanam okka vinOdam sRshTinchaDam mAtramE kAdu - viplavam kUDA sRshTinchagaladani aa renDu samvatsarAlu nAndi pADAyi. kEvalam purANa gAdhalE sinimAlugA vastU prajAnIkAnni aanandaparustunna taruNamlO gUDavalli rAmabrahmam "mAlapilla" lAnTi chitram tIsi, viplavam sRshTinchADu. aa varasalO aa renDELLalOnU gRhalakshmi('38, rOhiNi, H. reDDi, nAgayya, kannAmba), vandEmAtaram ('39, vAhini, B.N. reDDi, nAgayya, kAnchanamAla), maLLI peLLi ( '39,Y. V. rAvu, kAnchanamAla), raitubiDDa ( '39, sAradhi, G. rAmabrahmam, P. sUribAbu, TanguTUri sUryakumAri), varavikrayam lAnTi ('39, kALLakUDi nArAyanarAvu, bhAnumati) samasyAtmaka chitrAlu viDudalai telugu sinimAni pai sthAyilO nilabeTTAyi.
sAnghika samasyalu kaThAvastuvugA antaku mundochchina "bAla yogini" ('37) chitrAniki sahahAra darSakulugA pani chEyyaDam, vyangyadhOraNilO samAjAnnI rAjakIyAlani duyyabaTTE rItilO "prajAmitra" patrikanu naDapaDam - "mAlapilla" nirmANAniki prEraNa kAvachchu. "mAlapilla" chitrAnni nishEdhinchAlani konni vargAlu prayatnAlu chEsinA avi sAgalEdu. nirATankangA naDichi, aa chitram aardhikamgA kUDA vijayam sAdhinchindi. aa vijayAnni puraskarinchukonE rAmabrahmam "raitubiDDA" aarambhinchAru. jamindArI vidhAnAlanu edirinchi, raitu samasyalanu prajalamundu peTTina chitramidi. ii samasyalanu vastuvugA tIsukuni rAmabrhamamgArE katha allAru. tApI dharmArAvu, tripuranEni gOpIchand mATalu vrASaru. gOpIchand darSakatwaSAkhalO kUDA panichESAru.
kosarAju rAghavayya chaudari "prajAmitra" patrikalO rAjakIya vyangya kavitalu rAsEvAru. aa maitritO kosarAju chEta pATalu vrAyinchAru. andulO aayana oka mukhya pAtra kUDA vEsAru. "sai sai chinnapareDDi", "nidra mElkonarA tammuDA" (I have this record, sUribAbu's Voice) modalagu pATalu kosarAju gAru, marikonni samudrAla, tApI gArlu vrASAru. raitu udyamamlO pramukhamgA pAlgonna N. venkaTa rAmAnAyuDu vrAsina pATalu kUDA chitramlO pADaTam jarigindi.
"mAlapilla"lO basavarAju appArAvugAri pATalu vADAru. mATalu: chalam (!!!), tApI gArlu. sanivESAnni baTTi okkO rachayita okkO pATanu vrAyagalaDu anna bhAvanni pravESa peTTindi gUDavalligArE kAvachchu. hAsya sannivESAlanu pratyEkamgA viSwanAtha (!!!) vArichE vrAyinchAru.
chitrAniki nRtya darSakuDu vEdAntam rAghavayya. naTa vargam: baLLAri rAghavAchArya, giDugu, P. sUribAbu, nellUru nagarAjArAvu, TanguTUri sUryakumAri, S. varalakshmi etc. '39 lO chitram viDudala gAvaTaniki mundu chAlA avAntarAlu kaliginchapaDDAyi. pErkonadagga vishayamEmanTE "sAradhi" samstha yajamAni yArlagaDDa SivarAma prasAd (challapalli jamindAru). jamindArI vidhAnam mIda, pettanAla mIdA oka jamindArE chitram nirminchaDam goppa vishayam.
1939 akTobarlO prakASam pantulugAru madrAsu asemlIlO pravESabeTTabOyE "prakASam billu"ku prachAramgA ii chitram tODpaDindi. alAgE jaragabOyE jillAbOrDu ennikallO jamIndArulaku vyatirEka prachAramlO kUDA upayOgapaDindi.
viDudalaku sidhdhamgA vunna chitrAnni nishEdhinchaTaniki venkaTagiri, bobbili jamIndArulu nOTIsulu ichchAru. viDudala rOjunE (27. Aug. '39) vAri lAyarlu nellUru vachchi, chitrAnni chUsi nOTsu vrAsukoni veLLAru.
alAgE nirmAtalaku rijishTarD nOtIsulu pampaTam, vAri esTETulalO pradarSistE - Civil, Criminal charyalu tIsukonTAmani bedarinchaTam jarigindi. chivaraku nellUru jillA Magistrate dwArA venkaTagiri paTTaNam lOnE kAdu, tAlUkA lOnE kAdu pUrti gUDUru Division lOnE chitrAnni nishEdhincha galigAru.
sensArubOrDu samPurNamgA nishEdhinchalEdu kAbaTTi vAripai kUDA ottiDi tIsukoni rAvaDam jarigindi. kAni akkaDa jamIndArula aaTalu konasAgalEdu. Magistrate charya nyAya badhdham kAnappaTiki madrAsu prabhutwam kUDA chUsi chUDanaTlu pravartinchaTam gamanArham. ilA jamIndArla akramAlaku vantapADaTam prajalaku aagrahAnni kaliginchindi.
viDudalaku taruvAta nishEdhinchAlanna prayatnAllu marinta tIvramayyAyi. konni chOTla Film Prints dagdham chEyAlanna prayatnAlu kUDA jarigAyi. chitramlOni konni pAtralu tama vyaktitwam mIda debbatIsE padhdhatilO vunnAyani bobbili, venkaTagiri rAjAlu chitra nirmAtala mIda dAvA teccAru. mottAniki kontakAlam konni jillAlalO nishEdhincabaDindi (nirmincina callapalli rAjAgAri kRshnA jillAlO kUDA).
sinimAlu prajalamIda ottiDi tIsukurAgalavanna nammakam mAlapilla, raitubiDDa chitrAlatOnE aarambhamaindi. enta sancalanam rEpagaliginA anEka avAntarAlavalla "mAlapilla" lAgA aardhikavijayam sAdhincalEkapOyindi.
nishEdhAlu, kOrTulu, bedirinpulu, aardhikanashTamvanTivannI rAvaTamtO enta sAnghika caitanyamgala manishayinA rAmabrahamgAru marala alAnTi prayatnam cheyyalEka pOyAru.
P.P.S. gUDavalli's last film was "palnATiyudham" (1947). "mugguru marAThIlu" (1946) is another popular film from gUDavalli.