Indian Beauty

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Indian Beauty
Directed byShanti Kumar
Screenplay byShanti Kumar, Kishore Dhara, Katherine Torpey
Story byShanti Kumar
Produced byShanti Kumar, Sanyasi Raju
Starring
CinematographySuresh Rohin
Edited byNagi Reddy
Music byJoy Kelvin
Production
company
Trinity International
Release dates
  • 26 August 2006 (2006-08-26)(India)
  • 27 June 2008 (2008-06-27)(United States)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
United States
Languages Telugu
English

Indian Beauty (released in the United States as On the Other Side) is a 2006 Indian romance film directed by Shanti Kumar. Shot in Telugu and English, the film features Collin Mcgee, Shaila Rao, and Manish Dayal.

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Plot

Indian culture interests Dave (Colin McGee). So he decides to work on its culture. Dave has a friend, Jack (Manish Dayal), who was born in America but has roots in India. Jack joins Dave on his project on Indian culture. Mr. Murthy, a friend of Jack's father, offers them a place to stay. Initially, Mr. and Mrs. Murthy are keen on taking Jack as their son-in-law, but noticing his American ways, they prefer a local boy, Vishal (Gopichand Lagadapati).

Mr. Murthy's daughter, Swapna, is also interested in Indian culture and hence decides to help Dave with his project. In the process of working, both Swapna & Dave are attracted to each other before they finally fall in love. Whether Swapna & Dave are finally successful in convincing the parents forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

The producer and director of the film, Shanti Kumar, selected Collin and Sai Rao (the granddaughter of Anjali) for the lead roles, along with Manish Dayal. [1] The film was released in the United States under the title On the Other Side. The film was selected as the best movie of the year 2007 at the Harlem International Film Festival in New York. [2] [3]

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by Joy Kelvin. [4]

Indian Beauty
Soundtrack album by
Joy Kelvin
Released2006 (2006)
Recorded2006
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length28:34
Language Telugu
Label Madhura
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Priyathama" Chitra, Priyasri5:08
2."Summer" Tippu, Priyasri, Prajesh5:06
3."Holi" Karthik, Anuradha Sriram 4:37
4."Sankranthi"Anitha Krishna, Balaji5:08
5."Dream Girl"Unknown3:23
6."Re-mix"Tippu, Priyasri, Madhulika5:12
Total length:28:34

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