''Sambaram'' (English Translation: ''Celebration'') is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language

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starring

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and Nikitha in lead roles and directed by Dasaradh.

Plot

Ravi (

) and Geeta ( Nikitha) are childhood friends. Ravi is a carefree guy who roams around with friends without concentrating on studies. Geeta is a sincere student who passes engineering studies. Ravi has feelings for her and everybody in the town is aware of it except for Geeta. When she is asked by Nitin's sister-in-law Seeta when she is planning to marry Ravi, she expresses her surprise and says that they are just friends and she has no feelings for him. She shows her materialistic attitude by saying that she wants her husband to be financially and academically stronger than her. Ravi is devastated after listening to her logic. He realizes the importance of being a responsible family member and work as a mechanic to earn money. He becomes proficient in his work and finally gets the visa to work in Dubai. He wants to leave for Dubai as it gives him an opportunity to prove his money-earning ability despite being away from Geeta. Meanwhile, Geeta's father dies and she starts realizing that it takes more than academics and finances to make a man qualified to be a husband. And by that time Ravi is already at the airport. When Geeta learns about Ravi going to Dubai for a job, she realizes her love for him and rushes to the airport to stop him. Finally, Geeta proposes to Ravi and they happily get married.

Cast

as Ravi (Voice dubbed by Sivaji). * Nikitha as Geeta (Voice dubbed by Sunitha). *

Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (born 21 June 1944) and Paruchuri Gopala Krishna (born 25 September 1947), collectively referred to as the Paruchuri Brothers, are a screenwriting duo whose work is predominant as story writers, dialogue writers, ac ...

as Venkatachalam, Ravi's father *

Giri Babu Yerra Seshagiri Rao, popularly known as Giri Babu, is an Indian actor, producer, and director who primarily works in Telugu films. His son, Raghu Babu, is also a notable actor-director. Career Giri Babu hails from a middle-class agricultura ...

as Geeta's father, Rama Chandra Murthy * Sana as Parvathi, Geeta's mother *

Sudha Sudha (Sanskrit : सुधा) is a Hindu/ Sanskrit Indian feminine given name meaning living water and also, in other variations, nectar. Notable people named Sudha * Sudha (actress), Telugu actress * Sudha Bhattacharya (born 1952), Indian ac ...

as Rajyalakshmi, Ravi's mother * Banerjee as Banerjee, Ravi's brother * Seeta as Satya, Ravi's sister-in-law * S. V. Krishna Reddy as Lecturer *

Duvvasi Mohan Duvvasi Mohan is an Indian actor who is known for acting in comic roles, primarily in Telugu cinema, Telugu films. He is from Jagtial. He entered Telugu cinema as a producer, but later turned to acting and appeared in comedy roles in over 350 fi ...

as Duvvasi * Rajesh as Rajesh, Ravi's foster friend * M. S. Narayana as Narayana * Suman Shetty as Suman * Rallapalli as Anjibabu, Ravi's friend-in-law * Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao as Krishna Rao * Venu Madhav as Venu, Ravi's friend-in-law * Nikhil Siddharth as Car driver (uncredited)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik.

Reception

''The Hindu'' opined that the director "fails to deliver a happy, engrossing subject".

References

External links

* {{K.Dasaradh 2003 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films scored by R. P. Patnaik Indian romance films