Padamati Sandhya Ragam
Directed by	Jandhyala
Written by	Jandhyala
Starring	Vijayashanti, Thomas Jane
Release date(s)	1986
Running time	142 min.
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Padamati Sandhya Ragam is a 1986 Telugu movie, directed by Jandhyala. The movie has Telugu actress Vijayashanti in the leading role.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Plot

A Telugu family moves to the US. The daughter (Vijayashanti) falls in love with a white American and eventually marries him.

This movies shows the cultural differences of the east and the west. Adinarayana and his wife and daughter move to the USA to join the former's younger brother Ramarao who's already in the USA. A Caucasian American, Chris, and an African American, Ronald, both of who live near Adinarayana's house, fall for his daughter Sandhya. Sandhya becomes friends with them both, and when both of them propose to her the same day, she approves Chris's love. Knowing that her dad is too traditional, eccentric, and orthodox to approve their love, Sandhya elopes with Chris and they get married. Adinarayana doesn't have a choice than 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 dad Chris, assuming that he was at fault and was thus disapproved by her grandpa. Chris and Sandhya visit India when Adinarayana passes away, and that's when their daughter realizes that her dad was not bad and repents for that ill feelings she bore all those years, thus accompanying them to the USA.

[edit] Cast

• Vijayashanti ... Sandhya
• Thomas Jane... Tom (as Tom)
• Gummaluri Sastri

• Tom ... Chris

• Sivamani ... Ronald

• Gummuluri Sastry ... Adinarayana

• Meer Abdulla ... Ramarao

• Seshagiri Rao ... Seshagiri Rao (Ice cream shop owner)

• Vijay ... Ganapathi

• Ashajyothy ... Sudha

• Sudheshna Reddy ... Anitha

• Sutti Velu ... Natanalayam Manager

• Sudha ... Lakshmi

• Ravi Chitturi ... Doctor Ravi

Other Cast: Johnson, Godman, Elizabeth, Bindu, Jyothy, Baby Rohini, Vijay Kothari, Bhushan Rao, Rama Sastry, Seetha Sastry, Mrunalini, etc.

Lyrics: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sadashiva Brahmendra Yogi, Annamacharya, Veturi Sundararamamurthy

Playback: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki, S.P. Sailaja

Music: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam

Asst. Music Director: Srinivasa Murthy

Asst. Director: B.S. Nishtala

Co-director: U.V. Paani

Camera: Diwakar

Producers: Gummuluri Sastry, Meer Abdulla

Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, and Direction: Jandhyala

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.marosandhyaragam.com/psr_retrospect.html
• Padamati Sandhya Ragam at the Internet Movie Database