Shatamanam, Tough Challenges Ahead!

Has Dil Raju committed same mistake of playing with safe family emotions at the cost of having no story on hand? What’s the actual point to make ‘Shatamanam Bhavathi’ a special release in Pongal season? 

Except the scenic Athreyapuram beauty and Mickey J Meyer’s soothing music, there is nothing like a central conflict established in ‘Shatamanam Bhavathi’ trailer. Maradalu Anupama Parameshwaran from foreign land visiting mother land India and falling in love with Bava Sharwanand against the wishes of family appeared like a central point which is dealt numerous times on Telugu screen. With no freshness in main plot, Dil Raju and Satish Vegeshna should have depended more on treatment with enormous feel good factors and a big casting team.

Dil Raju’s feebleness was visible in handling this genre in past with ‘Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’ missed on core conflict. However, Mahesh Babu does the trick helping the film to deliver goods at ticket counters. Can Sharwanand become a Mahesh Babu to repeat the same SVSC result for ‘Shatamanam Bhavathi’ is a question to be answered?      

On comparative scale, ‘Express Raja’ succeeded in between ‘Soggade, Nannaku Prematho and Dictator’ because it was a lighter, laughter riot with multiple tracks. On the other side, GPSK is a strong content based film while KN 150 is a mass masala commercial entertainer. How far SB can overcome these two big names will also be a challenge to wait for?