Srimanthudu (2015)

Harsha, a multi-millionaire guy who has everything but there is something else he's looking for and in the process he adopts a complete village trying to bring change in the people.

Director:

Koratalla Siva

Writer:

Koratalla Siva

Stars:

Darbha Appaji Ambarisha, Jagapathi Babu, Mahesh Babu

Cast

Credited cast:
Darbha Appaji Ambarisha	...	Board Member
Jagapathi Babu	...	Ravikanth
Mahesh Babu	...	Harsha Vardhan
Shruti Haasan	...	Chaaruseela (as Shruti K. Haasan)
Tejaswi Madivada
Sampath Raj	...	Shasi
Rajendraprasad	...	Narayana
Rahul Ravindran	...	Karthik
Sanam Shetty
Sukanya

Storyline

The simple yet, inspiring tale of Srimanthudu is about the scion of a wealthy business family, who is disinterested in merely making money. His thoughts and later circumstances move him to adopt a nondescript village and develop it against various odds. A wealthy entrepreneur (Jagapathi Babu) is a worried lot owing to his son's (Mahesh Babu) indifferent and aloof attitude. He wishes his son to acquire and continue the monumental business empire that he built over his lifetime. But, the latter does not agree to it, stating that he wishes to acquire respect first. His thoughts lie elsewhere. He meets a girl (Shruthi Haasan) and they soon fall in love owing to the similarity in their thoughts. However, when she gets to know his identity, she simply ignores him. When confronted, she chides him that he is too rich and does not even know the place of his birth. She is later revealed to be the daughter of a benevolent village head (Dr Rajendra Prasad). Incidentally that is the same village. ...

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Telugu

Release Date:

7 August 2015 (India)

Also Known As:

Selvandhan

Filming Locations:

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mythri Movie Makers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

158 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Collected over 100 Crores world wide

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Soundtracks

Rama Rama
Performed by Sooraj Santosh & Ranina Reddy
Muisc Devi Sri Prasad
Lyrics Ramajogayya Sastry

User Reviews

It will take us to our roots, a complete package.

Its is not an easy thing after an epic and super successful movie Bahubali also last two of Mahesh Babu movies were an average and labeled as flop moves (though I do not agree that 1 Nenokkadine was a bad move). Therefore, the the odds were not that great. But here is what, Srimanthudu surpassed my expectations, richness is everywhere, cinematography, story, screen play, direction, music (could have been even better), and my favorite one, the fight scenes. Director Koritalla Siva is known for best from his previous move Mirchi, took almost three years to make his second movie and done an excellent job.

Recently it is quite common that the hero is a born rich and parents wanted to continue the family saga, however, director took in a different direction, after all rich people also starve to do something better to the society, this is exactly what this movie is about. A simple message to adopt a village.

Mahesh looked awesome (as usual), he has done an excellent job, and lived in his character, one noticeable thing that director was very careful is in Mahesh dances, did not put lot of effort in there (dances are not Mahesh department). A great deal of credit goes to hero characterization, we can feel that, this role only Mahesh can do. We all know that we may hit two or three people but definitely not 10s and 20s, however, framing of fight scenes are exceptionally good and Mahesh done excellent job in that. Not much to say about Shruti Hassan, she got a decent role and done reasonably well, she looks very skinny, I think she should seriously think about put on some weight.

My second favorite role in this movie is Jagapati Babu, he is well suited in his father's role, did not miss Prakash Raju at all, Jagapti Babu has a great future in his second inning as a character role.

Before I conclude, many of us came from village background, I am sure this will take us to our childhood and will remind us our village days, definitely creates some thoughts on visiting our birth place.

Music department is average, just couple of songs were good, rest can be taken out and more over this movie does not require any song (may be two if someone is desperate). No usual comedy track which is a big relief.

Overall, it is well a made movie, keeps you interesting till end and best treat for Mahesh Babu fans.