Pelli Sandadi

<p>Vijay Krishna ( ) 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 ( ) 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 . 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 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. Raghavendra Rao, who has made films with big stars decided to make a film with less budget with four producers – , , and Jagadish Prasad. The filming began with the song “Sarigamapadanisa” with 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. The film grossed 12–15 at the . It grossed 1.25 crore at Sandhya theatre in . The film had a 100-day theatrical run at 34 locations. The soundtrack of the film was composed by M. M. Keeravani. Each song is set in major raagas of , such as . The film was remade in Bengali as (1996), in Hindi as (1997) and in Tamil as (1998).</p>