Santosham
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Santosham is a Telugu romantic comedy film
which was written and directed by debutant Dasaradh. The film stars Akkineni Nagarjuna
and Shriya Saran
making her second release in Telugu after Ishtam
in lead with Gracy Singh
making her debut in Telugu cinema industry after her lead role in Hindi film Lagaan
while Prabhu Deva making his comeback to Telugu cinema after a long gap in an extended cameo appearance. The movie was well received by critics and owing to its success at the box office
, it was dubbed in Tamil Santhosha Vanille and was also dubbed in Hindi as Pehli Naazar ka Pehla Pyaar.
The film was remade in Bengali as Bondhon starring Jeet and Koyel.
) is a rich architect in Ooty. He falls in love with Padhu(Gracy Singh
). Padmavathi takes her own sweet time to accept Karthik's love. Padmavathi has a cute cousin sister Bhanu (Shriya). Bhanu encourages their love and gives courage to Padhu. When Padhu reveals about her love, her father Rama Chandraiah (K. Viswanath) resists and asks her to marry the guy he has chosen for her. Padhu flees from home and marries Karthik. Padmavathi is very eager to get back to her parents and get their blessings. Karthik and Padmavathi migrate to New Zealand and they give birth to a kid named Lucky. Padhu dies in an accident. Rama Chandraiah has a very big joint family. A few of the family members opine that inviting Karthik and his kid for a marriage to be happened at their place would give an opportunity to get a closer look at Lucky. When Karthik visits Rama Chandraiah's place he gets mixed responses from different people in the house. Rama Chandraiah doesn't like Karthik and others like him. Over a period of time, Karthik impresses them all and when he was about to go back to New Zealand, Rama Chandraiah expresses his repentance for whatever happened and says that he is accepting Karthik as his son-in-law. Bhanu has fallen in love with Karthik. She meets Karthik, a widower now. She still has feelings for him. But at the same time, there is Pawan (Prabhu Deva) - a childhood friend of Bhanu - who is deeply in love with her. Karthik returns to New Zealand. Bhanu along with Pawan visits Karthik. During that period Bhanu gets closer to Karthik. When Karthik realizes the intentions of Bhanu, he fixes Pawan as the fiancée for her. Now Bhanu is about to get married to Pawan. Bhanu loves Karthik, but Karthik hesitates to repeat the history by marrying a girl against the wishes of her family. Just as Karthik is about to leave for good with his son, Rama Chandraiah stops him from leaving and pleads him to marry Bhanu. Also, Pawan comes and pleads Karthik to marry Bhanu as he can tell that Bhanu is not happy about the marriage. The film has a happy ending with Karthik and Bhanu marrying.
Romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...
which was written and directed by debutant Dasaradh. The film stars Akkineni Nagarjuna
Akkineni Nagarjuna
Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian film actor in Tollywood and Bollywood. He is a producer and one of the lead actors in Telugu cinema.- Early life :...
and Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran , also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress and model. She has worked in several of the regional industries of Indian cinema, having acted in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada...
making her second release in Telugu after Ishtam
Ishtam
Ishtam is a Telugu movie produced by Ramoji Rao and directed by Vikram Kumar & Raj Kumar. Charan paired up with Shriya for the first time.-Plot:...
in lead with Gracy Singh
Gracy Singh
Gracy Singh , is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role as Gauri in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. She began her career touring with the dance group "The Planets" and her first acting role was in the television soap, Amanat...
making her debut in Telugu cinema industry after her lead role in Hindi film Lagaan
Lagaan
Lagaan is a 2001 Bollywood sports film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. Aamir Khan, who was also the producer for the film, stars with Gracy Singh in the lead roles; British actors Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne play the supporting roles...
while Prabhu Deva making his comeback to Telugu cinema after a long gap in an extended cameo appearance. The movie was well received by critics and owing to its success at the box office
Box office
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, it was dubbed in Tamil Santhosha Vanille and was also dubbed in Hindi as Pehli Naazar ka Pehla Pyaar.
The film was remade in Bengali as Bondhon starring Jeet and Koyel.
Plot
Karthik(NagarjunaAkkineni Nagarjuna
Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian film actor in Tollywood and Bollywood. He is a producer and one of the lead actors in Telugu cinema.- Early life :...
) is a rich architect in Ooty. He falls in love with Padhu(Gracy Singh
Gracy Singh
Gracy Singh , is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role as Gauri in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. She began her career touring with the dance group "The Planets" and her first acting role was in the television soap, Amanat...
). Padmavathi takes her own sweet time to accept Karthik's love. Padmavathi has a cute cousin sister Bhanu (Shriya). Bhanu encourages their love and gives courage to Padhu. When Padhu reveals about her love, her father Rama Chandraiah (K. Viswanath) resists and asks her to marry the guy he has chosen for her. Padhu flees from home and marries Karthik. Padmavathi is very eager to get back to her parents and get their blessings. Karthik and Padmavathi migrate to New Zealand and they give birth to a kid named Lucky. Padhu dies in an accident. Rama Chandraiah has a very big joint family. A few of the family members opine that inviting Karthik and his kid for a marriage to be happened at their place would give an opportunity to get a closer look at Lucky. When Karthik visits Rama Chandraiah's place he gets mixed responses from different people in the house. Rama Chandraiah doesn't like Karthik and others like him. Over a period of time, Karthik impresses them all and when he was about to go back to New Zealand, Rama Chandraiah expresses his repentance for whatever happened and says that he is accepting Karthik as his son-in-law. Bhanu has fallen in love with Karthik. She meets Karthik, a widower now. She still has feelings for him. But at the same time, there is Pawan (Prabhu Deva) - a childhood friend of Bhanu - who is deeply in love with her. Karthik returns to New Zealand. Bhanu along with Pawan visits Karthik. During that period Bhanu gets closer to Karthik. When Karthik realizes the intentions of Bhanu, he fixes Pawan as the fiancée for her. Now Bhanu is about to get married to Pawan. Bhanu loves Karthik, but Karthik hesitates to repeat the history by marrying a girl against the wishes of her family. Just as Karthik is about to leave for good with his son, Rama Chandraiah stops him from leaving and pleads him to marry Bhanu. Also, Pawan comes and pleads Karthik to marry Bhanu as he can tell that Bhanu is not happy about the marriage. The film has a happy ending with Karthik and Bhanu marrying.
Cast
- Akkineni NagarjunaAkkineni NagarjunaAkkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian film actor in Tollywood and Bollywood. He is a producer and one of the lead actors in Telugu cinema.- Early life :...
as Karthikeya alias Karthik. Karthik is a well-placed architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
in OotyOotacamundOotacamund , is a town, a municipality and the district capital of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Ootacamund is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills...
. He falls in love with Padmavathi , an IT internInternInternship is a system of onthejob training for white-collar jobs, similar to an apprenticeship. Interns are usually college or university students, but they can also be high school students or post graduate adults seeking skills for a new career. They may also be as young as middle school or in...
. Padmavathi takes her own sweet time to accept Karthik's love. After, Padmavathi faces trouble from her family, she and Karthik runaway from their home and get migrated to New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
to set up a family together. Soon, after Padmavathi dies in a road accident, Karthik lives in a painful and sorrowful life, only happy because of his son Lucky. When Karthik visits Rama Chandraiah's village to attend the engagement of Padmavathi's another cousin he gets mixed responses from different people in the house. Rama Chandraiah doesn't like Karthik and others like him. Over a period of time, Karthik impresses them all and when he was about to go back to New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, Rama Chandraiah expresses his repentance for whatever happened and says that he is accepting Karthik as his son-in-law. Bhanu has fallen in love with Karthik at first sight way back when she went to meet Padmavathi at Ooty. At that time she was not aware that Karthik was the same guy with whom Padmavathi was in love. She meets Karthik, a widower now. She continues having feelings for him. But at the same time, there is Pawan a childhood fiend of Bhanu who is deeply in love with her. Karthik returns to New Zealand. Bhanu along with Pawan visits Karthik. They were there to write MS examinations. During that period Bhanu gets closer to Karthik. When Karthik realizes the intentions of Bhanu, he fixes Pawan as the fiancéeEngagementAn engagement or betrothal is a promise to marry, and also the period of time between proposal and marriage which may be lengthy or trivial. During this period, a couple is said to be betrothed, affianced, engaged to be married, or simply engaged...
for her.
- Shriya SaranShriya SaranShriya Saran , also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress and model. She has worked in several of the regional industries of Indian cinema, having acted in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada...
as Bhanu. She is the cousin of Padmavathi, the daughter of Chandra MohanChandra Mohan (actor)Chandra Mohan or Chandramohan is a Telugu film actor. He acted as Hero, comedy, support character roles in many Telugu films.-Early life:...
and SudhaSudhaSudha is a common Hindu female first name. In Indian languages, it means "living water" .-List of notable people:*Sudha Murthy - Indian social worker and author...
and the niece of Rama Chandraiah. She is the student of MBBS. While visiting her cousin, Bhanu eventually falls for Karthik who he misunderstand as his Boss's daughter but after knowing that he is deeply in love with Padmavathi she take it sportively and encourages their love and gives courage to Padmavathi to leave her home and get marry with Karthik. After meeting Kathik who is a widower now she fall again for him and also gets well with his son Lucky. Unfortunately, a wedding is arranged between Bhanu and Pawan who is Bhanu's childhood friend.
- Gracy SinghGracy SinghGracy Singh , is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role as Gauri in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. She began her career touring with the dance group "The Planets" and her first acting role was in the television soap, Amanat...
as Padmavathi alias Padhu. She is the daughter of Rama Chandraiah and gives importance to her father's family value. While attending IT convectionConvention (meeting)A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fandom...
in OotyOotacamundOotacamund , is a town, a municipality and the district capital of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Ootacamund is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills...
she was proposed by Karthik, she rejects concerning about her family's pried. But soon falls for him for his loyaltyLoyaltyLoyalty is faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause There are many aspects to...
towards their love. She runs away from her family who oppose her love resulting break up relationship with her family and weds Karthik. Later on, she migrate to New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and give birth to a baby boy named Lucky. She died in a hospitalHospitalA hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
because of severe road accident in nearby her residency.
- Prabhu Deva as Pawan. Is the family friend of Bhanu's mother SudhaSudhaSudha is a common Hindu female first name. In Indian languages, it means "living water" .-List of notable people:*Sudha Murthy - Indian social worker and author...
and a childhood friend of Bhanu. Later on he wants to marry Bhanu as their relationship get wider. Soon unite Bhanu and Kathik with Rama Chandraiah permission.
- K. Viswanath as Rama Chandraiah. He is the head of his village VenkatapalemVenkatapalemVenkatapalem is a village near the Krishna River in Guntur district, around 5 km from Vijayawada, in Andhra Pradesh state, India. It was fully loaded with green fields and healthy relations between the people. It reflects the Indian culture and traditions. People in this village used to...
, a village in West Godavari district. He gave important to family valuesFamily valuesFamily values are political and social beliefs that hold the nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society. Familialism is the ideology that promotes the family and its values as an institution....
and maintenance of village tradition. When his daughter Padmavathi runaway from his house to marry Karthik, he broke relationship with her and urge other family membersFamilyIn human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...
to do so.
- Master Akshay as Lucky. He is the son of Karthik and late Padmavathi but bonds well with Bhanu. He is also one of the factor that makes Rama Chandraiah to accept Karthik as his son-in-law.
Awards
- This film won Nandi AwardsNandi AwardsThe Nandi Awards is the most Prominent award ceremony for Telugu films, Telugu Theater & Television, presented annually in Andhra Pradesh, India. "Nandi" means "bull", the awards being named after the big granite bull at Lepakshi — a cultural and historical symbol of Andhra Pradesh.Nandi...
for the Best ActorNandi Award for Best ActorNandi Award for Best actor started in 1965.The Nandi Award for Best Actor winners:-See also:* Nandi Awards* Cinema of Andhra Pradesh...
& Best Film categories. - This film won Filmfare Best Film award in Telugu, for 2002
- R.P. Patnaik won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award
Trivia
- This was also the first film for Gracy singh down south.
- Shriya was the person who really was basking on the success of this movie after which she was inundated with many offers.
- This was the director's first venture.
- This was also the first film of Nag under this banner after the superhit "Hello Brother" which was way back in 1994.
- The film songs were composed by R.P. Patnaik which turned out to be a huge success for which R.P received the best music director award in the filmfare awards.