Padamati Sandhya Ragam

Padamati Sandhya Ragam
Directed by Jandhyala
Produced by Gummaluri Sastry
Meer Abdulla
Written by Jandhyala
Starring Vijayashanti
Thomas Jane
Sivamani
Music by S. P. Balasubramanyam
Edited by Gautham Raju
Production
company
Pravasandhra Chitra
Release dates
11 April 1987
Running time
142 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu

Padamati Sandhya Ragam (Telugu: పడమటి సంధ్యారాగం) (English: Evening Raga of the West) is a 1987 Telugu romantic-comedy film, directed by Jandhyala, starring American actor Thomas Jane, Indian actress Vijayashanti and drummer Sivamani in the leading roles. The film explores interracial romance.[1][2][3] The soundtrack was written by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sadashiva Brahmendra Yogi, Annamacharya, and Veturi Sundararama Murthy. The film garnered Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu[4] and premiered at International Film Festival of India, and Louisville's International Film Festival.[5]

Plot

This film showcases the cultural differences of the east and the west. Adinarayana (Gummaluri Sastry) moves to the United States along with his wife and daughter Sandhya (VijayaShanti) to join his younger brother Ramarao. Their neighbors are Chris (Thomas Jane), a Caucasian American, and Ronald (Sivamani), an African American. Both men fall in love with Sandhya, and when both of them propose to her the same day, she accepts Chris's proposal. Knowing that her father is too traditional, eccentric, and orthodox to approve of their love, Sandhya elopes with Chris and they get married. Adinarayana doesn't have a choice but to silently witness the happenings, but when he has a granddaughter, he takes her back to India and settles there, intending to bring her up in a traditional Indian environment, and away from the foreign lure that snatched away his own daughter. As a grownup, Sandhya's daughter hates her father Chris, assuming that he was at fault and was thus disapproved by her grandfather. Chris and Sandhya visit India when Adinarayana passes away, and that is when their daughter realizes her father's humility and love towards Sandhya and Adinarayana, repenting for the ill feelings she bore all those years and returning with them to the USA.

Cast

Additional cast: Johnson, Godman, Elizabeth, Bindu, Jyothy, Baby Rohini, Vijay Kothari, Bhushan Rao, Rama Sastry, Seetha Sastry, Mrunalini, Joshua York. M.Bala Muralikrishna

Soundtrack

Awards

References

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