Shatamanam Bhavathi Movie Review - Simple and Sweet

Movie Name  :  Satamanam Bhavathi
Rating            :  3.25 / 5
Banner           :  Sri Venkateswara Creations
Starring         :  Sharwanand, Anupama Parameswaran, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, Indraja, Sivaji Raja, Praveen, and others
Story             :  Satish Vegesna

Music             :  Micky J Meyer

Cinematography : Sameer Reddy
Editing            :  Madhu
Producer         :  Raju
Screen play & Direction :   Satish Vegesna
Date of Release  :  14th January, 2017
Sri Venkateswara Creatins and Producer Dil Raju are well known for producing family entertainers.  The movie "Shatamanam Bhavathi" created a lot of vibration when producer Dil Raju announced the movie with Sharwanand and Anupama Parameswaran in lead roles.  
The film has hit the screens during the Sankranthi season.  The songs, trailers have been very good.  Let us see the story of the movie.

Story  

The old couple Raghava Raju (Prakash Raj) and Janakamma (Jayasudha) live happily along with their grandson (Sharwanand) in a calm and peaceful village called Atreyapuram in East Godavari District.  They have three children - two sons and a daughter who are well settled in USA who rarely visit them and neglecting them which hurts them the most. They do not even come to India for festivals.  Raju has a special bonding with his grand parents and lives with them.  

In order to get back the sweet memories, Raju comes out with a master plan and emerges successful in making all his children come back and celebrate Sankranthi festival in the house.  The family begins to enjoy the time together.  On the other hand Raju falls in love with his niece (Anupama).  But the plan also creates problems between Raghava Raju and his wife.  What happens next is the story.,   To unravel the mystery of Shatamanam Bhavthi and grand daughter Nithya ( Anupama )'s connection enjoy the film on the silver screen.

Performance of the artists

Sharwanand attracted with his good performance.  He has given excellent emotions and expressions like in old Venkatesh movies.  Anupama Parameswaran stole the show with her cute looks and lovely expressions.  Chemistry between Anupama and Sharwanand floors every one.

The emotional performance of Prakash Raj and Jayasudha steals the hearts of all.  Naresh performance was good.  Indraja and others played their roles accordingly.

Technical aspects of the movie

The movie is dipped with greenery.  Sameer Reddy shot beautiful village locations richly and the movie has good production values.  Micky J Meyer's melodious music mesmerizes people taking them to another world.  All the songs are beautiful and well shot.  Many people get a feeling that the tunes are repeated.  Pace of the movie is slow.    

The highlights of the movie are - Cinematography, Music and clean family drama

Some of the drawbacks are -  Predictability, Dragging narration, outdated scenes and bad comedy.

Overall Analysis of the movie

The movie is a mix of many super hit family entertainers.  The director has taken the scenes from movies like "Seetharamayya gari manavaralu", "A aa", "Govindudu Andarivadele", "Brindavanam"  etc...  If you have seen all these movies, you will know what happens next as the basic story is very thin.  Sharwanand's role is a mix of many movies.   

The conflict between Prakash Raj and Jayasudha that arises due to his secret plan defies logic.   Once their two sons and daughter and their kids come to their home, the movie completely goes like a typical village dramas with heroine asking questions like - what is muggu?  what is VP?

Then the movie goes on with predictable sequences but they also make a decent fun till the interval.  Post interval the movie is filled with even more outdated and predictable sequences.

Overall,  the movie Shatamanam Bhavathi is a typical family drama with predictable sequences and routine narration.