''Pelli Pandiri'' ( Wedding

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) is a 1997

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-language

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directed by

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. It stars

Jagapati Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films. Babu has appeare ...

, Raasi, Pruthvi with music composed by

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. It was produced by G. Aswartha Narayana Babu, M. C. Shekar and S. Ramesh Babu under the SRS Art Movies banner. ''Pelli Pandiri'' is a remake of the Kannada film '' Anuraga Sangama'' (1995), which was inspired by the

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-starrer ''

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'' (1931).

Plot

The film begins with Prakash, a stubborn kid son of tycoon Notla Raghunath Chowdary. He befriends Govind, who performs and sells

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before his school without a status barrier. One day, Raghunath Chowdary has an accident in which Govind's mother dies, and he becomes an orphan. Thus, Prakash accommodates him, does not care even to die, and coercives his parents to accept him. Years roll by and the besties' ties also grow with them. However, Prakash's parents still envy Govind. Afterward, Prakash moves abroad. Raghunath Chowdary intrigues to discard Govind. Considering it, he quits when an old watchman of a group of apartments shelter and Govind becomes an auxiliary to the residents. Over that period, Govind acquaints a blind girl, Kasthuri, whom he consorts and loves. Kasthuri's father is an alcoholic who dies in an accident, entrusting his daughter to Govind. Now, he aims to retrieve Kasthuri's eyesight and contacts an eye specialist, Dr. Prabhavathi. She assures them of success, for which they must undergo expensive surgery. Parallelly as an anecdote, Bhadram, the secretary of the apartments, is hounded by his nephew Goldman. Once, he intoxicates him to grab his wealth. Thereupon, Govind owes him the pay for the operation. Following his return, Bhadram spots that his riches disappear when he ruses, robs the jewelry of association, incriminates Govind, and is sentenced. Meanwhile, Kasthuri recoups her vision and is distressed for Govind when Prabhavathi accommodates her. In prison, Govind gets close to Jailor Rama Rao, Prabhavathi's divorced husband, and attempts to reunite them. For now, Prakash returns and enrages his parents for kicking off Govind. At one point, he views Kasthuri at his aunt Prabhavathi's residence and falls for her. He also makes his parents unwillingly accept the match. Initially, Kasthuri refuses his proposal, but she receives it when Prakash attempts suicide. Besides, Goldman proves Govind innocent and acquitted. Circumstantially, he encounters Prakash, whom he bounces back to, who is glad to hear about Prakash's nuptial but is astounded to see Kasthuri as the bride. Since Kasthuri is unbeknownst to Govind's features, she fails to identify him. At this stage, Govind is silent as Kasthuri may discern his voice. Moreover, he succeeds in fusing the Rama Rao couple in furtherance of this marriage and convinces Prabhavathi to stay quiet. During the wedding, Kasthuri recognizes Govind via a photograph they took of her revolting and asking him questions. Then, he foretells that he is only concerned for her, not love. Overhearing it, Prakash asks Govind to take an expletive on the devout apparatus of wedlock and say that his feelings for Kasthuri are untrue. Govind does accordingly, but he backs up when Prakash asks to take an oath on him as he cannot tell a lie. Here, Govind states the eminence of their friendship and proclaims that he is ready to sacrifice anything for his friend. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note, with Prakash pairing Govind & Kasthuri.

Cast

as Govind * Raasi as Kasthuri * Pruthvi as Prakash *

Sarath Babu Sathyam Babu Dixithulu (31 July 1951 – 22 May 2023), known by his stage name Sarath Babu, was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He appeared in more than 300 films, including in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and ...

as Inspector Rama Rao * Suhasini as Dr. Prabhavathi * Costume Krishna * Sudhakar as Goldman * Mallikarjuna Rao as Bhadram *

Raghunatha Reddy Raghunatha Reddy is an Indian actor who works in Telugu-language films as a character artist. He is known for his metallic voice. Early life, career and personal life Raghunatha Reddy was born in Krishna District and did his schooling in Vij ...

as Notla Raghunath Chowdary * Pokula Narasimha Rao as Watchman * Garimalla Viswaswara Rao *

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as Photographer * Mithai Chitti * Radha Prashanthi * Tejaswini * Master Anand Vardhan as Young Prakash * Master Srinivas as Young Govind

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Music is released on Supreme Music Company.

References

External links

* {{Kodi Ramakrishna 1998 films 1990s Telugu-language films 1990s Indian films Indian romantic drama films 1998 romantic drama films Indian buddy drama films Films about women in India Films about social realism Films shot in Hyderabad, India Indian feminist films Films about Indian weddings 1990s buddy drama films Films directed by Kodi Ramakrishna Films set in Hyderabad, India Telugu remakes of Kannada films Films scored by Vandemataram Srinivas