Pelli Sandadi

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For the Indian Telugu-language comedy film, see Pelli Sandadi (1959 film). For the Indian Telugu-language musical romantic comedy, see Pelli SandaD.

Pelli Sandadi
Srikanth
Ravali
Deepti Bhatnagar
CinematographyV. Jayaram
Edited byMarthand K. Venkatesh
Music byM. M. Keeravani
Production
company
Distributed byGeetha Arts
Release date
  • 12 January 1996 (1996-01-12)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹1.25 crore[a]
Box officeest. ₹12–15 crore[a]

Pelli Sandadi (transl. Wedding Euphoria) is a 1996 Indian

Srikanth, Ravali and Deepti Bhatnagar.[2]

Pelli Sandadi was released on 12 January 1996 and was a major commercial success. Made on a budget of ₹1.25

spiritual sequel titled Pelli SandaD was released in 2021.[7]

Plot

Vijay Krishna (

Srikanth) is a musician from a musical family. He lives with two married sisters and their husbands and his uncle. All of his family is dedicated to music. His father (Satyanarayana) is looking for a suitable matrimonial alliance for Vijay who is in search of a girl whom he saw in a dream. He never saw her face in the dream but he saw a mole beside her belly button. The story continues in search of the girl. Meanwhile, his father arranges his marriage with a Kalyani (Ravali
), who hails from a nearby village and belongs to a music family.

Meanwhile Vijay gets a job in Ooty as a music lecturer. There he finds his dream girl Swapna (Deepti Bhatnagar). He falls in love with her and proposes to her which she accepts. He comes back home to share the news about his love, but his father arranges the marriage. Later Swapna learns that the person she loves and Kalyani's fiance are the same. Swapna and Kalyani are actually sisters. Swapna then sacrifices her love and informs her sister that she has a terminal illness. She asks Vijay, as her dying wish to marry Kalyani. Meanwhile, Kalyani also learns that Vijay loves her younger sister Swapna. Eventually, Kalyani convinces her sister to marry Vijay and the film ends on a happy note.

Cast

Release

The film grossed ₹12–15 crore at the box office. It grossed ₹1.25 crore at Sandhya theatre in Hyderabad. The film had a 100 day theatrical run at 34 locations.[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by M. M. Keeravani. Each song is set in major raagas of Carnatic music, such as Hindolam.[8]

No Song Singer(s) Lyricist
1 "Hrudayamane" K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
2 "Soundarya Lahari" K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
3 "Kila Kila Kila" K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Veturi Sundararama Murthy
4 "Maa Perati Jaam Chettu" K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
5 "Chemma Chekka" K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
6 "Nava Manmadhuda" K. S. Chithra Samavedam Shanmukhasarma
7 "Ramya Krishna Laaga" Mano, M. M. Keeravani Jonnavithula
8 "Ayina Chikkaledhu" M. M. Keeravani M. M. Keeravani
9 "Sarigama Padhanisa" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Chandrabose

Awards

Filmfare Awards South
Nandi Awards[9]

Remakes

The film was remade in Hindi as Mere Sapno Ki Rani (1997) and in Tamil as Ninaithen Vandhai (1998).

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Eenadu reported the budget to be ₹85 lakh and the box office gross as ₹15 crore.[3] One of the producers C. Aswani Dutt mentioned that the film was budgeted at ₹1.25 crore and grossed ₹12 crore.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Raghavendra Rao alleges Vijay Deverakonda's Geetha Govindam plagiarised from his film Pelli Sandadi". Firstpost. 29 August 2018.
  2. ^ Zamin Ryot review
  3. ^ a b "రూ.85లక్షల బడ్జెట్‌.. రూ.15కోట్ల కలెక్షన్స్‌ - Srikanth's Pelli Sandadi completes 25 years". Eenadu (in Telugu). Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ^ Producer Ashwini Dutt Open Heart With RK | Season:02 - Episode:78 | 01.01.17 | OHRK, retrieved 5 September 2022; From 17:11 to 17:23
  5. ^ "Pelli Sandadi – MM Keeravani: 6 best music albums of the veteran music composer". The Times of India.
  6. ^ "'Geetha Govindam' Is A Copy Of My Film Pelli Sandadi, Says Raghavendra Rao". 29 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Official:Pelli SandaD release date locked". Tollywood. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Top 10 Blockbuster Music Albums Of M.M Keeravani | Latest Articles". nettv4u.
  9. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

External links

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