Santhosh Subrahmanyam, remake of Telugu hit ‘Bomarillu’,
is a complete family entertainer with a mix of all emotions comedy,
drama, sentiments and love. It narrates the story of a father- son relationship
and also a charming love story of a cute couple.
Subramanyam, a successful businessman who cares for each and everyone
in the family, is more like a sadist, does what ever he thinks best
for them with out considering their likes and dislikes. Though his wife
Lakshmi, elder son and daughters tolerate his behavior, his younger
son Santhosh accepts it half-heartedly only because he doesn’t
want to hurt his father. Santhosh, who never gets a chance to select
even a shirt of his own, wished to make his own decision at least on
two things, a career and his life partner.
He applies for a loan along with his friends to start a business,
but before he could find a partner, his father fixes his marriage. Santosh
is forced to agree for the marriage with this girl who also grew up
under her father’s shadow just like him. But at the same time
Santhosh finds his dream girl, Haasini, the daughter of a government
employee.
Haasini a free and friendly character soon becomes friendly with Santhosh,
who falls for her. Gradually their feelings becomes mutual. When Subramanyam
comes to know about the relationship, he refuses to accept her. But
Santosh manages to let Subramanyam allow Haasini to stay at their home
for a week so that his family gets to know and accept her. She wins
the hearts of his family members, but for some reasons she leaves the
home.
Will Santosh life starts with Haasini ??
Though the scenes and picturisation are more or less the same as the
original, the remake is remarkable and has a fresh feeling to it, thanks
to known remake specialist M Raja.
As Haasini, Genelia who portrayed the original, does her role extremely
well. She excels in scenes where her character tries to work out friendly
equations with the members of her would-be husband's family. Jayam Ravi
has done maximum justification to his character as Santhosh and as usual
Prakash Raj, as Santhosh's father, gives a predictably good account
of himself. Playing the role of Lakshmi, Geetha had done a very good
job as Santhosh’s caring mother and Subrahmanyam’s disciplined
wife. The other casts Sayaji Shinde (Hasini’s father), Kausalya
(one of Subramanyam’s daughters), Sathyan (servant), Premji Ameran,
Santhanam, and Sreenath (Santhosh’s friends), Keerath (his fiance),
Vijaya Kumar (her father) are also apt in their characters.
The music of Devi Sri Prasad and the choreography in this movie are
notable. By singing the song ‘Adada adada’, ‘Bomarillu’
hero Sidarth made his presence in Santhosh Subrahmanyam too.
Overall, the well directed film ‘Santhosh Subrahmanyam’
is a worth watching movie.