S/O Satyamurthy Movie Review & Rating

(S/O) Son of Satyamurthy Movie Review & Rating – Allu Arjun, Trivikram

Cast : Allu Arjun, Upendra, Rajendra Prasad, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Sneha, Adah Sharma, Nithya Menon
Director: Trivikram Srinivas
Producer: D.V.V.Danayya and S.Radha Krishna, Allu Aravind
Story & Dialogues: Trivikram Srinivas
Music Director: Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography: Prasad Murella
Editor: Prawin Pudi
CBFC Rating: U/A
Runtime: 162 Minutes
Production Company: Haarika & Hassine Creations
Distribution Company: Classic Entertainments (Overseas), Sri Venkateswara Creations(Nizam)
Release Date: 9th April, 2015

S/O Son Of Satya Murthy Movie Review & Rating:

Preview:

Son Of Satyamurthy starring Allu Arjun and Samantha in main lead roles in a family entertainer being directed by Trivikram Srinivas, both heroes and directors previous film were blockbuster hits and the previous film in their combination was a super hit, film is star flooded with Kannada superstar Upendra, Rajendra Prasad, Prakash Raj, Sneha, Nitya Menon, Sindhu Thulani etc playing crucial roles in the film, there are also all mainstream comedians like Brahmanandham, Ali, MS Narayana, Vennela Kishore in the film.

Music of the film scored by Devi Sri Prasad was recently released into the market and songs are topping the charts, especially Super Machi song became familiar among masses. Film was made with an budget of nearly 50 Crores and film did 55 Crores pre release business, Allu Arjun’s career best was Race Gurram which collected 57 Crores share and Trivikram’s best was Attarintiki Daredi which collected 74 Crores, so makers have invested huge amounts on this film, being first summer biggie to hit the box office and coming from successful combination film is expected to do extraordinary opening day business,  Allu Arjun has a very good chance to cross Ram Charan and be on par with Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu and Ntr in opening day records with this film. 23 Years back, Mega Star Chiranjeev’s Gharana Mogudu also released on the same day April 9th. Mega family fans are expecting that Son of Satyamurthy also gets the same result. Trivikram and Pawan Kalyan combo Jalsa movie also released in the month of April. Now Trivikram and Allu Arjun combo releasing in the april. Lets see what happens.

Interesting Things about S/O SatyaMurthy Movie:

• Sandalwood Star hero Upendra, who is debuting as an actor in Tollywood. This is first direct film for Upendra in Telugu film industry.
• Samantha, Adah Sharma and Nithya Menon are 3 Heroins working with Allu Arjun for the first time.
• S/O Satyamurthy is the 1st Telugu film to release in Tamil Nadu with English subtitles.
• Nizam Rights were sold to a whopping Rs.140 million by Dil Raju which is highest for any Telugu movie.
• Bhopal Reddy acquired the Karnataka region distribution rights for an amount of Rs.60 million.
• The pre-first look was released on 6 March 2015 on the event of Holi.
• The Pre-First Look has a total of 16 actors – Huge Star Cast.
• The Extended pre-look has got 3 lakh views in 12 hours.
• S/O Satyamurthy promotional video Song which was done by Allu Arjun and Devi Sri Prasad after Pakado Pakado.
• MAA TV acquired the film’s Television Satellite rights for huge price Rs.8.5 Crores.

It was directed by Trivkram Srinivas and Produced by D.V.V.Danayya and S.Radha Krishna, Allu Aravind under the banner of Harika & Hassine Productions. Music composed by the tollywood magical music director Devi Sri Prasad. Cinematography handled by Prasad Murella and Editing done by Prawin Pudi. Distribution Companines for the overseas taken by Classic Entertainments and Nizam area taken by sri Venkateswara Creations. Movie completed all the censor formalities in the last week and CBFC board certified Son of satyamurthy- U/A rating (Unrestricted Public Exhibition-But with Parental Guidance). Certification Dated as 31st march,2015. The runtime of the movie was around 162 Minutes (2 Hours 42 Minutes). S/O Satyamurthy Pre-release business was done with huge numbers in almost all areas. The karnataka area pre-release business was record for any telugu movie. Total Karnataka rights sold for 6 Crores.

Film is releasing in good number of theaters and also having good screen counts for premiers in overseas.

S/O Satyamurthy Movie Premier Show Live Updates:

The overseas digital prints have been shifted but waiting for financial clearances. As per our sources the financial clearance will be completed by evening 4PM. The premier shows in USA will be held according to the schedule.

In England, S/O Satyamurthy Movie Premier Shows have been confirmed in 9 different locations. In England by screening in below locations:

Bridgeport,Bloomfield,Lowell,
Cambridge ,Worcester,Providenceplace and Hook Sett.
S/o satyamurthy will be a first Telugu movie to be released till date in below locations :
Randolph,MA
Portsmouth,NH
Mystic,CT

In Andhra pradesh/ Telegana Benefit show details, the first will be screen in Bramarambha, check out the details from the below.

Benefit show date: April 9th, 2015
Time: 6am
Theater: Bramarambha Theater, Kukatpally, Hyderabad
Ticket fare: 1000, 500 & 200 INR.
For the early morning benefit shows ticket can be taken by calling to these numbers 8142249523, 8142249125. And for benefit show at Bramarambha theater kukatpally for tickets contact these numbers 9985433833, 9248004376.

Live Updates From Premier Show:

• Movie is dedicated to Ms Narayana Garu
• Movie starts with Allu Arjuns narration
• Flashback starts
• Prakash Raj is introduced as Satyamurthy
• Allu Arjun gets engaged to Adah Sharma
• Satyamurthy is dead
• Allu Arjun is forced to pay 300 Crores debts made by Prakash Raj
• Allu Arjun – Adah Sharma engagement breaks up
• heroes family loses all property and assets
• Song Chal Chale running now, nicely picturised
• Dialogues are simple and short
• Ali trying to entertain
• Samantha entry as modern girl
• Some emotional and strong scenes going on
• Song running now, Allu Arjun mark dances- Subalakshmi song
• Love scenes between the leads are good, comedy is just okay
• Seethakalam song well shot
• Poor comedy and dragged scenes, so far okay
• Before interval scenes are good

First Half Done, Passable, nothing great nor bad except for the dragged scenes.

• Second half started
• Scenes between Nitya Menon and Samantha are good, fun
• Jaaruko song with funny lyrics and picturisation
• Many silly and boring scenes killing the mood
• Trivikram mark dialogues are lacking, DSP’s BGM is only saving grace, poor scenes
• and much awaited Super Machi song, filled up with all stars, no dance just okay
• Heavy sentiment and serious scenes, too much dragging
• Climax fight is okay

Done with the movie, fell short of expectations but  average stuff, few comedy scenes and sentiment scenes are good. Review in few minutes.

Rating: 3.66/5

Movie Review: 

Basic Plot: 

Viraj Anand (Allu Arjun) is son of Satyamurthy(Prakash Raj) a rich business man, Satyamurthy suddenly dies and Viraj comes o know that Sathyamurthy loyalty has costed their family 300 Crores and suddenly all close people start to move away from Sathyamurthy family including Viraj’s fiancee , Hero accepts the difficulties before him and starts a new life, he falls in love with Samantha and comes to know that he will get some property if he can bring back the properties of Rajendra Prasad which are with Upendra, story shifts to Tamil Nadu where hero gets locked by Upendra, there he comes to know the twist about reason for his fathers death, how he manages to save his family and his love is the rest of the plot.

Performances:

Allu Arjun has shown some matured performance, his comedy timing was good, but his performance in emotional scenes is main highlight, he carried the film on his shoulders, he should have taken care of dances which people expect most from him.

Upendra looked fresher on the screen, but was wasted, his character was thought to be important, but there was not so much weight for his role, he did a good job though. Samantha was asusual, Nitya’s performance was good, her scenes with Samantha and Bunny worked out, Sampath was routine, Brahmanandham, Ali, Vennela Kishore, Rajendra Prasad etc were wasted.

Technicians:

Music score by Devi Sri Prasad was okay, on screen “Seethakalam”, “Subhalakshmi” and “Chal Chale” songs were good, BGM was good.

Camera work was top notch especially in the first half.

Editing could have been better, Dialogues were not upto the mark.

Production Values were great, film looked rich and colorful.

Director and His Film:

Trivikram had a strong point to present and has got all needed resources, but he failed to utilize them, clearly he was not in Attarintiki Daredi’s hangover, but looks like half cooked film from him, emotion was not clearly presented, cast was not properly used, it looks like he was in a hurry to wind up the film without dealing with  it completely, Trivikram’s films are generally known for comedy but this films clearly lacks that.

Upendra was wasted big time, most of the cast was not utilized properly, he failed in engaging audiences with his storytelling, few scenes in the first half and emotional scenes in the second half were good, but over all Trivikram’s mark was clearly missing. If anyone has to be blamed for this wasted opportunity it will be Trivikram himself, he should realize that heavy emotions are always good, but should be presented in an entertaining manner or else they might bore the audiences.

Plus Points:

• Allu Arjun’s action
• Cinematography
• Production values
• DSP’s BGM
• Few emotional scenes in the climax

Minus Points:

• Direction
• Flat second half
• Editing
• Dragged and slow narration
• Improper use of star cast
• Lack of wow factor

Overall:

Son Of Satyamurthy, might fall short of expectations especially with the hype surrounding it. It lacks the repeat value as well as feel good factor, first half is passable while second half falls flat, climax is savior though, Trivikram’s half baked direction and improper utilization of star cast make it just one time watch movie.

Might do okay business in A centers, but might not work in mass centers.

You can try it once, it might not completely entertain you but at the same time will not completely disappoint you.

Son Of Satyamurthy – Humdrum family drama

BO Prediction: Above  Average