In the present, Sandhya gives a message on how all humans are equal, proceeded by Chris talking about his appreciation of Indian culture. Thus, Chris and Sandhya finally get married. After Ronald spots them and tells Ramarao, he goes to them and ends up resolving the matter by suggesting holding two ceremonies – one at a church and another at a temple. Adinarayana consents to their marriage, but the couple get into an argument on whose customs to follow. Escaping a close call with the police the next working, they luckily find other Indians who let them stay in their house. After losing them, the couple realise they have no money and manage to satiate their hunger with some milk found in the RV's fridge. Adinarayana learns about their love and tries to catch them with Ronald's help, so they run away in a motorcycle and then steal an RV when that stops working. Later, Chris and Sandhya secretly meet up and he proposes they elope, to which Sandhya reluctantly agrees. Ravi is progressive, however, and encourages her to continue pursuing Chris. Adinarayana tries to arrange her marriage with an Indian doctor named Ravi. After thinking about it, she comes outside the next day with a white sari, signalling her acceptance of Chris to his celebration and Ronald's frustration. Both of them quickly improve and end up proposing to her on the same day. As they fall in love with Sandhya, they get Ganapathi to teach them Telugu, but humorously mangle the language on their first attempts. They both get closer to her, to Adinarayana's disapproval. Later, she meets her other neighbour Ronald, a black drummer. Because of the language barrier, he decides to take her an Indian family he knows and they end up arriving as Seshagiri Rao's house, where they learn they are neighbours. After nearly getting run over by his car, she meets Chris. One day, Ganapathi takes Sandhya to the supermarket but abandons her after hearing of a new ice cream shop, causing her to panic. They also meet Seshagiri Rao, an ice cream shop owner who is also Indian, and his son Ganapathi, a big eater.
Sandhya's father Adinarayana, a staunch traditionalist, is confused by American culture and sticks to his traditions despite Ramarao's attempts to make him assimilate and everyone else's bemusement. Sandhya then narrates what happened beforehand.Ģ0 years earlier, Sandhya arrives with her family in the United States after her father is given a job by his younger brother there.
Sandhya intervenes by slapping her and reveals that Anitha is actually their daughter who was taken away by her grandfather when she was five years old. After coming back that night, he tries to talk to Anitha but she scolds him instead, blaming him for disrupting her grandfather's peace. As he had no sons, the family are afraid that Chris, who is white, won't be able to conduct the traditional last rites as the deceased's closest male relative, but he insists on taking the responsibility and cremates his father-in-law's body as the sun sets. They are received coldly at the airport by his granddaughter Anitha, who escorts them to her father's home. Sandhya arrives in India with her husband Chris to visit their family after her father's death. It has since gained some retrospective attention for its representation of the Indian diaspora. Padamati Sandhya Ragam was well received by audiences in India and won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu in 1987 as well as Jandhyala the Nandi Award for Best Story Writer the same year. Despite its low budget, shooting took place across the United States and some scenes were shot in India as well. The soundtrack was written by Balasubrahmanyam, Sadasiva Brahmendra, Annamacharya, and Veturi. It was designed as an American-Indian co-production, with residents of both countries represented in the cast and crew. The producers, Americans Gummaluri Sastry and Meer Abdulla, started developing the film after meeting Indian filmmaker Jandhyala and musician S. Indian drummer Sivamani plays a major role as Ronald, a black American drummer who also falls in love with her. It stars Thomas Jane and Vijayashanti as Chris, a white American man and Sandhya, a young Indian woman respectively who fall in love after her family immigrates to America. Evening Raga of the West ) is a 1987 Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed and written by Jandhyala. Padamati Sandhya Ragam ( Telugu: Paḍamaṭi Sandhyārāgaṁ transl.
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