Pelli Sandadi

Pelli Sandadi is a 1996 Indian Telugu-language musical romance film written and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Srikanth, Ravali and Deepti Bhatnagar. It was the second-highest grossing Telugu film of 1996 after Ninne Pelladata.

Pelli Sandadi was released on 12 January 1996 and was a major commercial success. Made on a budget of ₹1.25 crore, the film grossed ₹12–15 crore at the box office. It garnered five state Nandi Awards, and the Filmfare Award Telugu for Best Music. The film was also remade in Hindi as Mere Sapno Ki Rani (1997) and in Tamil as Ninaithen Vandhai (1998). The film's spiritual sequel titled Pelli SandaD 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 belly button. The story continues in search of the girl. Meanwhile, his father arranges his marriage with a Kalyani (Ravali), who hails from a nearby village and belongs to a music family.

Meanwhile Vijay gets a job in Ooty as a music lecturer. There he finds his dream girl Swapna (Deepti Bhatnagar). 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 fiance 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
 * Ravali as Kalyani (Voice Dubbed by Shilpa)
 * Deepti Bhatnagar as Swapna (Voice Dubbed by Roja Ramani)
 * Kaikala Satyanarayana as Vijay's father
 * M. Balaiah as Kalyani & Swapna's Father
 * Tanikella Bharani as Vijay's brother-in-law
 * Babu Mohan as Kalyani & Swapna's Uncle
 * Brahmanandam as N. V. Krishna (Vijay's Uncle)
 * A.V.S. as Kalyani & Swapna's Uncle
 * Sivaji Raja as Vijay's brother-in-law
 * Raja Ravindra as engineer in quarry
 * Sri Lakshmi as Kalyani & Swapna's Aunt
 * Chitti Babu Punyamurthula as Paidi Talli
 * Suthi Velu
 * Jenny
 * Ananth
 * Gundu Hanumantha Rao as priest
 * Visweswara Rao
 * Rajitha

Release
The film grossed ₹12–15 crore at the box office. It grossed ₹1.25 crore at Sandhya theatre in Hyderabad. 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 Carnatic music, such as Hindolam.

Awards

 * Filmfare Awards South
 * Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu – M. M. Keeravani


 * Nandi Awards
 * Best Home Viewing Feature Film – Allu Aravind
 * Best Director – K. Raghavendra Rao
 * Best Choreographer – K. Raghavendra Rao
 * Best Music Director – M. M. Keeravani

Remakes
The film was remade in Hindi as Mere Sapno Ki Rani (1997) and in Tamil as Ninaithen Vandhai (1998).