S/O Satyamurthy

ఈ సినిమా వివరాలు తెలుగులో చదవండి →

S/O Satyamurthy is a 2015 Telugu-language action drama written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by S. Radha Krishna under Haarika & Haasine Creations. It is built around three men who approach life in very different ways: one follows his heart, one relies on his brain and one on his brawn. Allu Arjun heads a large ensemble cast, and the film’s central theme is a son’s determination to protect his late father’s good name.

Story

Viraj Anand is the son of Satyamurthy, a businessman known for his principles. When his father dies suddenly in a road accident, Anand inherits a large fortune, but also finds that his father left behind debts of roughly the same size. A family friend, Paida Sambasiva Rao, suggests declaring bankruptcy to shield the family’s personal wealth. Anand refuses, because he does not want his father’s reputation damaged, and hands over everything to the creditors.

With the family’s comfortable life gone, Anand takes a job as a wedding planner. On an assignment in Ooty he meets Sameera and falls in love with her, only to discover that she is Sambasiva Rao’s daughter. Sambasiva Rao, who is still owed money, blames Satyamurthy for a land deal that went wrong, since the property is now held by a feared strongman, Devaraj Naidu. To win Sameera and clear his father’s name, Anand promises to bring back the original land papers within four weeks. How he tries to get them from Devaraj is the engine of the rest of the film, and this summary leaves the outcome for the viewer.

Cast

The principal cast includes:

• Allu Arjun
• Upendra
• Samantha
• Prakash Raj
• Nithya Menen
• Sneha
• Adah Sharma

Rajendra Prasad, Sampath Raj, Rao Ramesh, Vennela Kishore, Ali and Brahmanandam play supporting parts.

Production

Trivikram wrote the screenplay himself as well as directing. The producers first planned to shoot the film in three languages, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil, but in the end they shot it only in Telugu and dubbed it into Malayalam under the same title.

Production began on 10 April 2014 at Ramanaidu Studios in Hyderabad. Principal photography started on 22 September 2014 and continued until the middle of March 2015. Apart from three songs that were filmed in Europe, the whole film was shot in and around Hyderabad. Chota K. Naidu was the cinematographer.

Music

Devi Sri Prasad composed the film’s score.

Release

The Telugu version opened worldwide on 9 April 2015 across 1375 screens. The Malayalam dubbed version followed on 24 April 2015.

Box office

According to the source, the film was made on a budget of ₹40 crore and grossed ₹90.5 crore, with a distributor share of ₹51.9 crore. Measured against the distributors’ investment of ₹54 crore, it was rated an above-average grosser. The source also notes that the film made Allu Arjun the first Telugu actor to have two films in a row earn a worldwide share of more than ₹50 crore.

Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.