Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam

Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam is a 2024 Telugu comedy drama written and directed by Lakshman Karya, with Rao Ramesh in the title role alongside Ankith Koyya and Indraja. Produced by PBR Cinemas and Lokamaatre Cinematics, with songs and score by Kalyan Nayak, it released in theatres on 23 August 2024. Our record lists a running time of 147 minutes.

What the story is about

Subramanyam lives in Maruti Nagar and has spent the past 20 years waiting for a government job that has been stuck in a court case. Rather than look for other work, he lets the family run on his wife’s salary. Then, through circumstances he did not plan, ₹10 lakh suddenly lands in his bank account. What he and his family do next is the premise of the film.

Cast

• Rao Ramesh as Subramanyam
• Ankith Koyya as Arjun, his son
• Indraja as Kala Rani, his wife
• Ramya Pasupuleti as Kanchana, Arjun’s love interest
• Harsha Vardhan as Bhaskar, a bank employee and Kanchana’s father
• Ajay as Bhupathi, a loan shark
• Annapurna as Krishnaveni
• Praveen as Kala Rani’s cousin
• Sivannarayana Naripeddi as the house owner, Parthasaradhi
• Vasu Inturi as the bank manager

What critics said

Reviews were broadly warm. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu praised Rao Ramesh, Ankith Koyya, Indraja and Harsha Vardhan, calling it “a simple story that delivers some humour in its portrayal of day-to-day frictions but is also overstretched”. BH Harsh of The New Indian Express liked Lakshman Karya’s writing and the lead performances, describing it as “a pure comedy, where nothing can be taken seriously—and that can only be a good thing”. The Deccan Chronicle called it “a refreshing take on family dramas”.

Box office

Telugu trade site T2BLive, in a final-collections report dated 23 September 2024, put the film’s total gross at ₹4.75 crore.

Where to watch Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam

Aha acquired the digital rights. The platform’s own listing confirms the film, and our record has it streaming from 20 September 2024, four weeks after its theatrical release.

Sources: the Wikipedia article on Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam and the reviews and report it cites, linked above; the Aha listing; our own cast and crew records.