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''Sathamanam Bhavati'' () is a 2017 Indian
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written and directed by
Satish Vegesna Satish Vegesna is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. ''Sathamanam Bhavati'' directed by him received the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and the state Nan ...
. The film is produced by
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under Sri Venkateswara Creations and stars
Sharwanand Sharwanand Myneni (born 6 March 1984) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films alongside a few Tamil films. He made his acting debut in the year 2004 with the film ''Aidho Tareekhu.'' For '' Engeyum Eppodhum'' (2011), he received ...
, Anupama Parameswaran, Prakash Raj and Jayasudha in key roles. An ensemble cast including Naresh,
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,
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,
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, Himaja, and Sithara plays supporting roles. ''Sathamanam Bhavati'' deals with the themes of "tradition-technology conflict", "joint family vs nuclear family", and "midlife crisis". The score and
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are composed by
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, and cinematography is by
Sameer Reddy Sameer Reddy is an Indian film cinematographer who works in Telugu and Hindi films, and Cinema of the United States. He is the cousin and a relative of noted cinematographers, Rasool Ellore and S. Gopal Reddy S. Gopal Reddy is an Indian cinem ...
. The film released worldwide on 14 January 2017 with highly positive reviews and coinciding with
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. The screenplay of the film was archived at the Oscar Library. The film has received the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the
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"in appreciation of providing a feeling of jubilation by respecting family values in an unexplored manner". The film has also garnered the
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state
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for Best Direction, and Best Home Viewing Feature Film.


Plot

Raghavaraju is a farming landlord in
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village of
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. He lives with his wife Janakamma, along with his nephew Bangararaju, his wife and their son Raju. Raghavaraju lives in his ancestral house built by his forefathers consisting of many generations living in the same household as a
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. However, with changing times, Ragahvaraju's two sons, Ravi and Kalyan and daughter Jhansi live in the
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,
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, and Australia respectively as
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. After a gap of 10 years, all of his children arrive in the village during the holiday season of
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, under mysterious circumstances after they receive an email from Raghavaraju, who expresses his wish to
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his wife. Nithya is the daughter of Jhansi. Soon Nithya and Raju fall in love but do not express it to each other. The siblings soon reunite. Raju and Nithya set up a meeting of their uncle with his old love interest. However, Jhansi asks Raju to not to keep up his hopes on Nithya's love, which he does but which leaves Nithya heartbroken. Raghavaraju and Janakamma reveal that they are not going to divorce but getting separated from each other, while Janakamma wants to live with her children. Raghavaraju wants to see her wife happy, so he emails his children so that they can come home and take their mother with them. Raju sent the divorce papers to a lawyer to make them understand the value of family. After Raghavaraju's words, they felt sorry for avoiding their parents. Jhansi accepts Nithya and Raju's marriage and their marriage was accepted by the whole family. All of them celebrate Sankranthi and promise to come back for celebrating Ugadi with their family, while Nithya expresses her wish to stay with her grandparents, Raju and his parents.


Cast


Production


Development

The idea of ''Shatamanam Bhavati'' originated in 1990s. Director Sathish Vegesna wrote a short story ''Palle Payanam Etu?'', which was written as part of a single-page short story competition conducted by ''
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''. The story was then rejected and not published. Later, in early 2015, Vegesna decided to make a feature film based on the same story.


Casting

In September 2015, Sai Dharam Tej has signed two projects for
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under Sri Venkateswara Creations, which were '' Supreme'' directed by
Anil Ravipudi Anil Ravipudi (born 23 November 1982) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut with the comedy ''Pataas'' (2015). He then directed the dramedy works such as '' Supreme'' (2016), ''Ra ...
and ''Sathamanam Bhavati'' by
Satish Vegesna Satish Vegesna is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. ''Sathamanam Bhavati'' directed by him received the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and the state Nan ...
. In February 2016, Sai Dharam Tej has opted out due to schedule conflicts and replaced by
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alongside Anupama Parameswaran. Later in May 2016, Raj Tarun was replaced by
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as lead in the film. After performing well in two Telugu films ''Premam'' (2016) and ''
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'' (2016), Anupama was cast to play the role Nithya, an NRI from Australia.


Filming

The film was officially launched on 27 August 2016 and muhurtam shot was also done. The principal photography of the film began in
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,
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in September 2016. completed by. Few scenes were filmed at Thalluru, nearby
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. Filming was wrapped up on 28 November 2016 within 49 days.


Soundtrack

Music is composed by
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. The album was released by Aditya Music company.


Home media

The film was dubbed in
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as ''S/O Krishnamurthy'' and released by Aditya Movies in September 2019. It was also dubbed in Tamil under the same name. The television broadcast rights of the film were acquired by
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. The film was premiered on 26 March 2017 and registered a TRP rating of 15.4. Later it was made available on
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.


Reception


Box office

Made on budget of ₹8 crore, the film collected a gross of ₹10.70 crore and distributor's share of ₹6 crore in its opening week. ''Mint'' reported that the film collected a gross of $653,664 (₹4.45 crore) in the
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in the first two weeks since its release. The film was exhibited for 100 days in few movie theaters across the
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. In late April 2017, a success meet was held for the film's 100 days theatrical run.


Critical response

Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics. Various critics praised Vegesna's screenplay. Srividya Palaparthi of ''
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'' gave the film three stars out of five and commented, "Shatamanam Bhavathi doesn’t offer much as a film. However, this is the holiday season, and if you wanted watch a laid-back low-risk film with your family, there couldn’t be a better choice." and also praised cinematography done by
Sameer Reddy Sameer Reddy is an Indian film cinematographer who works in Telugu and Hindi films, and Cinema of the United States. He is the cousin and a relative of noted cinematographers, Rasool Ellore and S. Gopal Reddy S. Gopal Reddy is an Indian cinem ...
. ''
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'''s Srivathsan Nadadhur quoted the film as "rightly peppered for the festive season" and "an ideal family watch". He further added that the film gets its balance right predominantly due to the performances, humour and Mickey J. Meyer's music. Writing for ''
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'', Pranita Jonnalagedda gave mixed review about the film and felt that the music compositions by
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have similarities with other films like ''Brahmotsavam'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. She also criticized of the predictability of most of the scenes in the film. Jeevi of ''Idlebrain'' praised the dialogues written Vegesna's which explored morals and relationships. On a whole, he wrote that "''Shatamanam Bhavati'' has elements and intent that attract family crowds this festival season."


Legacy

Following the success of the film, Vegesna further directed two family drama films ''Srinivasa Kalyanam'' ''(2018)'' and ''
Entha Manchivaadavuraa ''Entha Manchivaadavuraa'' () is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Satish Vegesna. It is an official remake of Gujarati film ''Oxygen'' (2018 film). The film stars Kalyan Ram and Mehreen Pirzada, with the music compos ...
'' ''(2020).'' Both films have similar plot, focusing more on "tradition-technology conflict", "joint family vs nuclear family" and "age-old wedding traditions". Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of ''
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'' listed ''Sathamanam Bhavati'' among "Top 10 Telugu films of 2017". It was also featured on ''
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'''s "2017’s best Telugu films" article, written by Manoj Kumar R.


Accolades


Notes


References


External links

* {{Films directed by Satish Vegesna 2017 films 2017 drama films 2010s Telugu-language films Films shot in Andhra Pradesh Films set in Andhra Pradesh Midlife crisis films Films scored by Mickey J Meyer Indian family films Indian drama films Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment National Film Award winners Films shot in Rajahmundry Films about social issues in India Films set in Konaseema