Shatamanam Bhavati

Shatamanam Bhavati (2017)

శతమానం భవతి

The anguish that negligent children can cause is depicted here from the parents' perspective. Raghavaraju (Prakash Raj) is a farming landlord in Atreyapuram village of Andhra Pradesh. He lives with his wife Janakamma (Jayasudha), along with his son Bangararaju (Naresh) his wife, and his son Raju (Sharwanand). Raghavaraju lives in this ancestral house built by his forefathers consisting of many generations living in the same household as a Joint family. However with changing times Ragahvarju's NRI sons and NRI daughter live in the United States, Canada, and Australia as nuclear families. After a gap of 10 years, all his children arrive in the village during the holiday season of Makar Sankranti, under mysterious circumstances after they receive an email from Raghavaraju who expresses his wish to divorce his wife Janakamma. What happens next and the events leading to this mysterious situation, and how Raghavaraju conveys his midlife crisis to his children forms the crux of the story.

Date of release
2017-01-14
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (19)
Runtime
2h 15m
Genres
Drama, Family
Director
Satish Vegesna

Casting

Interesting facts

Sathamanam Bhavati is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language family drama written and directed by Satish Vegesna. The film is produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations and stars Sharwanand, Anupama Parameswaran, Prakash Raj and Jayasudha in key roles. An ensemble cast including Naresh, Indraja, Raja Ravindra, Shiju, Himaja, and Sithara plays supporting roles. Sathamanam Bhavati deals with the themes of "tradition-technology conflict", "joint family vs nuclear family", and "midlife crisis".

Production

The idea of Sathamanam Bhavati originated in the 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 Andhra Prabha. The story was then rejected and not published. Later, in early 2015, Vegesna decided to make a feature film based on the same story.

In September 2015, Sai Dharam Tej has signed two projects for Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations, which were Supreme directed by Anil Ravipudi and Sathamanam Bhavati by Satish Vegesna. In February 2016, Sai Dharam Tej has opted out due to schedule conflicts and replaced by Raj Tarun alongside Anupama Parameswaran. Later in May 2016, Raj Tarun was replaced by Sharwanand as lead in the film.

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

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