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Pelli Sandadi

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For the 1959 film, see Pelli Sandadi (1959 film). For the 2021 film, see Pelli SandaD.

Pelli Sandadi
DVD Cover
Directed byK. Raghavendra Rao
Written byScreenplay:
K. Raghavendra Rao
Story & Dialogues:
Satyanand
Produced byC. Aswani Dutt
Allu Aravind
StarringSrikanth
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 Telugu-language musical romance film co-written and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao.[1] The film stars Srikanth, Ravali and Deepti Bhatnagar.[2] It was the second-highest grossing Telugu film of 1996 after Ninne Pelladata.

Pelli Sandadi was released on 12 January 1996 and was a major commercial success. Made on a budget of ₹1.25 crore, the film grossed ₹12–15 crore at the box office.[a] It garnered five state Nandi Awards, and the Filmfare Award Telugu for Best Music.[5] The film was also remade in Bengali as Biyer Phool (1996), in Hindi as Mere Sapno Ki Rani (1997) and in Tamil as Ninaithen Vandhai (1998).[6] The film's spiritual sequel titled Pelli SandaD was released in 2021.[7]

Plot

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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

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Production

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Raghavendra Rao, who has made films with big stars decided to make a film with less budget with four producers - Ashwini Dutt, Allu Aravind and Jagadish Prasad. The filming began with the song "Sarigamapadanisa" with Aamir Khan giving clap for it.[3] The choreography for all the songs were designed by Raghavendra Rao himself. The song "Soundarya Lahari" was shot for forty days with each shot taken at each place while the shoot of the song "Aina Chikkaledu" began from morning 9 am and ended at afternoon 1 pm.[3]

Release

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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

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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

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Filmfare Awards South
Nandi Awards[9]

Remakes

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The film was remade in Bengali as Biyer Phool (1996) and in Hindi as Mere Sapno Ki Rani (1997) and in Tamil as Ninaithen Vandhai (1998).

Notes

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  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 crores.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Raghavendra Rao alleges Vijay Deverakonda's Geetha Govindam plagiarised from his film Pelli Sandadi". Firstpost. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Zamin Ryot review" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "రూ.85లక్షల బడ్జెట్.. రూ.15కోట్ల కలెక్షన్స్". Eenadu. 6 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. ^ Producer Ashwini Dutt Open Heart With RK | Season:02 - Episode:78 | 01.01.17 | OHRK, archived from the original on 5 September 2022, 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. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  6. ^ "'Geetha Govindam' Is A Copy Of My Film Pelli Sandadi, Says Raghavendra Rao". 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Official:Pelli SandaD release date locked". Tollywood. 1 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Top 10 Blockbuster Music Albums Of M.M Keeravani | Latest Articles". nettv4u. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  9. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
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