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S/O Satyamurthy (2015)

S/O Satyamurthy poster
Original title
సన్నాఫ్ సత్యమూర్తి
Directed by
Trivikram Srinivas
Genre
drama film, action film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 42m
Rated
UA
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 64 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

After his father dies, a young man gives away his family's assets to pay off debts. He falls in love but must retrieve a missing land document from a powerful landlord to get his lover's father's approval. The story follows his struggles and the change in how people view his father's legacy.

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What happens

S/O Satyamurthy is a 2015 Indian Telugu language action comedy film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by S. Radha Krishna under Haarika & Haasine Creations. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Allu Arjun, Upendra, Samantha, Prakash Raj, Nithya Menen, Sneha, and Adah Sharma while Rajendra Prasad, Sampath Raj, Rao Ramesh, Vennela Kishore, Ali, and Brahmanandam play supporting role. The film revolves around three characters; the first follows his heart, the second uses his brain and the third uses his brawn. The first is Viraj Anand, the son of a businessman named Satyamurthy, who gives away his assets to creditors after his father's death. A creditor still owed money is Paida Sambasiva Rao (the second of the three), whose daughter Sameera falls in love with Anand. Sambasiva Rao informs Anand that he has to produce documentation of land sold by Satyamurthy to a landlord, Devaraj Naidu (the third of the three) to marry Sameera. The rest of the film focuses on the consequences faced by Anand and Sambasiva Rao's change in viewpoint toward Satyamurthy. In addition to directing the film, Srinivas wrote its screenplay. Initially planned as a multilingual film shot in Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil the producers filmed in Telugu and dubbed it into Malayalam with the same title. Devi Sri Prasad composed the score and Chota K Naidu was its cinematographer. Production began on 10 April 2014 at Ramanaidu Studios in Hyderabad. Principal photography began on 22 September 2014 in Hyderabad, lasting until mid-March 2015. Except for three songs filmed in Europe, the rest of the film was shot in and around Hyderabad. The Telugu version was released worldwide on 1375 screens on 9 April 2015, and the Malayalam version was released on 24 April 2015. On a ₹40 crore (US$6.24 million) budget, S/O Satyamurthy earned a distributor share of ₹51.9 crore (US$8.09 million) and grossed ₹90.5 crore (US$14.11 million). The film was an above-average grosser based on the return on the distributors' investment of ₹54 crore (US$8.42 million). With this film, Allu Arjun became the first Telugu actor with two consecutive films earning more than ₹50 crore share worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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