Indian Beauty

Indian Beauty is a romance film directed by Shantikumar starring Collin Mcgee, Sairao, Gopichand Lagadapati, and Manish Dayal.

Indian culture interests Dave (Colin McGee). So he decides to work on its culture. Dave has a friend Jack (Manish Dayal) who is 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 finally be successful in convincing the parents forms rest of the story.

Most of the film was shot in Hyderabad while a few scenes were shot in the United States. The producer and director of the film, Shanti Kumar, selected Collin and Sai Rao for the lead roles along with Manish Dayal. Later, Gopichand Lagadapati was selected to play the antagonist. Bramhanandam, Tanikella Bharani, Jayalalita, and Nagineedu have cameos in the film.

The film received average reviews from the critics.

Now Running wrote, "On the whole an enjoyable fare that is bound to be helpful to people justifying their cross cultural marriages."

One India wrote: "It is a film worth watching by one and all. However, the commercial values in the film are a little less. But a film that could be watched together by the entire family."