''Pelli Sandadi'' () is a 1996 Indian

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-language

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directed by

K. Raghavendra Rao Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao (born 23 May 1942) is an Indian filmmaker known primarily for his work in Telugu cinema, besides a few Hindi film and Kannada films. Over a career spanning more than four decades, he has directed over a hundred films ...

. Produced by C. Aswani Dutt and

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on Sri Raghavendra Movie Corporation banner, the film stars Srikanth,

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, and

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, with music composed by M. M. Keeravani. The film was released on 12 January 1996 and became a major commercial success. Made on a budget of 1.25

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, the film grossed 1215 crore at the box office, making it the second-highest-grossing Telugu film of the year after '' Ninne Pelladata''. ''Pelli Sandadi'' received critical acclaim, winning five

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and a

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. The film's success led to several adaptations, including remakes in Bengali as '' Biyer Phool'' (1996), in Hindi as '' Mere Sapno Ki Rani'' (1997) and in Tamil as ''

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'' (1998). A

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, ''

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'', was released in 2021.

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

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. The story continues in search of the girl. Meanwhile, his father arranges his marriage with a Kalyani (

), who hails from a nearby village and belongs to a music family. Meanwhile, Vijay gets a job in

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as a music lecturer. There he finds his dream girl Swapna (

). 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 fiancé 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

* Srikanth as Vijay Krishna *

as Kalyani (Voice Dubbed by Shilpa) *

as Swapna (Voice Dubbed by

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) *

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as Vijay's father *

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as Kalyani & Swapna's Father *

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as Vijay's brother-in-law *

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as Kalyani & Swapna's Uncle *

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as N. V. Krishna (Vijay's Uncle) * A.V.S. as Kalyani & Swapna's Uncle *

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as Vijay's brother-in-law *

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as engineer in quarry *

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as Kalyani & Swapna's Aunt * Chitti Babu as Paidi Talli *

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* Ananth *

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as priest *

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Production

Raghavendra Rao, who has made films with big stars decided to make a film with less budget with four producers - Aswini Dutt,

, and Jagadish Prasad. The filming began with the song "Sarigamapadanisa" with

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giving clap for it. 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.

Release

The film grossed 1215

at the

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. It grossed 1.25 crore at Sandhya theatre in

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. The film had a 100-day theatrical run at 34 locations.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by M. M. Keeravani. Each song is set in major raagas of

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, such as

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Awards

;

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu The Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. Superlatives Winners S ...

– M. M. Keeravani ;

(in

) * Best Home Viewing Feature Film –

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–

* Best Choreographer – K. Raghavendra Rao * Best Music Director – M. M. Keeravani

Remakes

The film was remade in Bengali as '' Biyer Phool'' (1996), in Hindi as '' Mere Sapno Ki Rani'' (1997) and in Tamil as ''

'' (1998).

Notes

References

External links

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