Padamati Sandhya Ragam

Padamati Sandhya Ragam (transl. Evening Raga of the West) is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language 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, Sadasiva Brahmendra, 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]

Padamati Sandhya Ragam
Theatrical release poster
Teluguపడమటి సంధ్యారాగం
Directed byJandhyala
Produced byGummaluri Sastry
Meer Abdulla
G. Subba Rao
Kasaraneni ShantiKumar
Written byJandhyala
StarringVijayashanti
Thomas Jane
Sivamani
Music byS. P. Balasubramanyam
Edited byGautham Raju
Production
company
Pravasandhra Chitra
Release date
  • 11 April 1987 (1987-April-11)
Running time
142 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

This film showcases the cultural differences of the east and the west. Adinarayana (Gummaluri Sastry) moves to Washington, D.C., United States along with his wife and daughter Sandhya (Vijayashanti) from Andhra Pradesh to join his younger brother Ramarao. Their neighbors are Chris (Thomas Jane), a White 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 when he performs Adinarayana's funeral in Hindu tradition, and she realizes his love towards Sandhya and Adinarayana, repenting for the ill feelings she bore all those years and returning with them to the USA.

Cast
The Gateway Arch where the song "ee thoorupu" was shot
  • Vijayashanti as Sandhya
  • Tom Jane as Chris
  • Benjiman York as Young Chris
  • Sivamani as Ronald
  • Gummuluri Sastry as Adinarayana
  • Meer Abdulla as Ramarao
  • Seshagiri Rao as Seshagiri Rao
  • Vijay as Ganapathi
  • Ashajyothy as Sudha
  • Sudheshna Reddy as Anitha
  • Sutti Velu as Natanalayam Manager
  • Sudha as Lakshmi
  • Ravi Chitturi as Doctor Ravi

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

Production

Thomas Jane made his acting debut with this film.[6][7]

Soundtrack

Awards
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References
  1. Y. Sunita Chowdhary. "In the multiples of two". The Hindu.
  2. "Song and dance about Alps". The Hindu.
  3. "LBW Review – Telugu Movie Reviews – IndiaGlitz.com". IndiaGlitz.
  4. "35th Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners : Santosh : Free Download &…". archive.is. 5 February 2017. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  5. "rediff.com US edition: Inscrutable Americans – soon at a theatre near you".
  6. "From Telugu film debut to Globe list - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/09/21/novice-filmmakers-send-scenes-of-dc-to-india/e566f3ee-3bc4-4305-8eaa-9253761283d8/
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