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S/O Satyamurthy

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{{short description|2015 film by Trivikram Srinivas}}
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{{Infobox film
| italic_title =
| image = Son of Satyamurthy poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| alt = Allu Arjun looks at the camera.
| writer = Trivikram Srinivas
| starring = [[Allu Arjun]] [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu|Samantha]] [[Nithya Menen]] [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] [[Adah Sharma]]
| director = [[Trivikram Srinivas]]
| cinematography = [[Chota K. Naidu]]
| producer = [[S. Radha Krishna]]
| editing = [[Prawin Pudi]]
| studio = [[Haarika and Hassine Creations|Haarika & Hassine Creations]]
| distributor = Classic Entertainments (overseas)<ref name="Classic" /> [[Sri Venkateswara Creations]] (Nizam){{cn|date=December 2024}}
| country = India
| released = {{Film date|2015|04|09|df=yes}}
| runtime = 163 minutes<ref name="BBFC S/O">{{Cite web |title=S/O Satyamurthy |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/so-satyamurthy-2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627114829/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/so-satyamurthy-2015 |archive-date=27 June 2020 |access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref>
| language = Telugu
| music = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times News Network |date=19 December 2013 |title=Devi Sri Prasad to compose tunes for Allu Arjun's next |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Devi-Sri-Prasad-to-compose-tunes-for-Allu-Arjuns-next/articleshow/27650233.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031152802/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Devi-Sri-Prasad-to-compose-tunes-for-Allu-Arjuns-next/articleshow/27650233.cms |archive-date=31 October 2014 |access-date=8 April 2014 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
| budget = {{INR}}40 crore
| gross = {{Estimation}}{{INR}}90.5 crore<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pudipeddi |first=Harichandran |date=1 July 2015 |title=Content over star power: Story of south cinema in first half of 2015 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional/content-over-star-power-story-of-south-cinema-in-first-half-of-2015/article1-1364817.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711120039/http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional/content-over-star-power-story-of-south-cinema-in-first-half-of-2015/article1-1364817.aspx |archive-date=11 July 2015 |access-date=11 July 2015 |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>
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'''''S/O Satyamurthy''''' is a 2015 Indian [[Telugu language]] [[action comedy film]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=S/O Satyamurthy (2015) - Trivikram Srinivas |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/s-o-satyamurthy-v628223 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709195800/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/s-o-satyamurthy-v628223 |archive-date=9 July 2020 |access-date=9 July 2020 |website=[[AllMovie]]}}</ref> written and directed by [[Trivikram Srinivas]] and produced by S. Radha Krishna under [[Haarika and Hassine Creations|Haarika & Haasine Creations]]. The film stars an [[Ensemble cast|ensemble cast]] consisting of [[Allu Arjun]], [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]], [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu|Samantha]], [[Prakash Raj]], [[Nithya Menen]], [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]], and [[Adah Sharma]] while [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Sampath Raj]], [[Rao Ramesh]], [[Vennela Kishore]], [[Ali (actor)|Ali]], and [[Brahmanandam]] play supporting role.

The film revolves around three characters; the first follows his heart, the second uses his brain and the third uses his brawn. The first is Viraj Anand, the son of a businessman named Satyamurthy, who gives away his assets to creditors after his father's death. A creditor still owed money is Paida Sambasiva Rao (the second of the three), whose daughter Sameera falls in love with Anand. Sambasiva Rao informs Anand that he has to produce documentation of land sold by Satyamurthy to a landlord, Devaraj Naidu (the third of the three) to marry Sameera. The rest of the film focuses on the consequences faced by Anand and Sambasiva Rao's change in viewpoint toward Satyamurthy.

In addition to directing the film, Srinivas wrote its screenplay. Initially planned as a multilingual film shot in Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil the producers filmed in Telugu and dubbed it into Malayalam with the same title. [[Devi Sri Prasad]] composed the score and [[Chota K. Naidu|Chota K Naidu]] was its cinematographer. Production began on 10 April 2014 at [[Ramanaidu Studios]] in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]. [[Principal photography]] began on 22 September 2014 in Hyderabad, lasting until mid-March 2015. Except for three songs filmed in [[Europe]], the rest of the film was shot in and around Hyderabad.

The Telugu version was released worldwide on 1375 screens on 9 April 2015, and the Malayalam version was released on 24 April 2015. On a {{INRConvert|40|c|year=2015|mode=historical}} budget, ''S/O Satyamurthy'' earned a distributor share of {{INRConvert|51.9|c|year=2015|mode=historical}} and grossed {{INRConvert|90.5|c|year=2015|mode=historical}}.{{Efn|The average exchange rate in 2015 was 64.15 Indian rupees ({{INR}}) per 1 US dollar (US$).<ref name="exchange2015">{{Cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - India |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2021&locations=IN&start=1960&view=chart |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=World Bank}}</ref>|name=exchange2015}} The film was an above-average grosser based on the return on the distributors' investment of {{INRConvert|54|c|year=2015|mode=historical}}. With this film, Allu Arjun became the first Telugu actor with two consecutive films earning more than {{INR}}50 crore share worldwide.

== Plot ==

Viraj Anand is the son of an kind [[businessman]] Satyamurthy, who dies in an accident one day. Anand inherits {{INR}}300 [[crore]] ($46.7 million){{efn|name="exchange2015"}} worth of property and stock, but his father owes an equal amount of money. Paida Sambasiva Rao, one of Satyamurthy's creditors, suggests that Anand file for [[bankruptcy]] to protect his wealth, but Anand, wanting to preserve his father's image, writes it off. The entire debacle causes Anand's older brother to become mentally unstable and Anand's fiancée Pallavi to break up with him. Anand becomes the family's sole breadwinner. His friend Bhadram helps Anand by giving him a job in his [[event management|event-management]] company as a wedding planner, and Anand's assistant Param goes with him.

Anand is assigned to plan a destination wedding in [[Ooty]], which turns out to be Pallavi's. There, he meets her friend Sameera, and they fall in love. During the wedding, Anand foils a plan by Pallavi's uncle to ruin her wedding and later helps their family reconcile. Pallavi's father pays Anand double the money out of gratitude, solving Anand's financial problems temporarily.

Sameera turns out to be Sambasiva Rao's daughter and he objects to their relationship. He claims that Satyamurthy cheated him by selling him an {{convert|8000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} property illegally acquired by land mafia Devaraj Naidu. The current market value of the land is worth {{INR}}50 [[crore]] ($7.8 million).{{efn|name="exchange2015"}} Anand, a furious at the accusation against his father, challenges Sambasiva Rao that he will bring the land documents to him in 4 weeks, with the condition being that Sambasiva Rao must apologize if he does.

Bhadram makes a plan to switch the original land documents with fake ones with the help of Devaraj's brother-in-law. When Anand and Param reach Devaraj's village, they end up in Devaraj's house, and not knowing its him, reveal their true intentions. Devaraj nearly kills them, but they are saved when Devaraj's wife Lakshmi appears, from whom he has hidden his true self, meaning he would not hurt anyone in front of her. Devaraj orders his men to Sambasiva Rao's family is kidnapped and bring them to his house.

The next day, Anand saves Devaraj from an assassination attempt by the brother of his rival Veerasamy Naidu, who had been masquerading as Devaraj's henchman. Impressed, Devaraj agrees to return the land documents if Anand marries his sister Valli, much to Sambasiva Rao's elation. Valli, however, wants to marry Lakshmi's brother Vinay - but rather than telling her brother, she tells Anand she plans to poison him after their marriage and then marry Vinay.

Devaraj's brother-in-law Koda Rambabu, a short-tempered and stubborn man, arrives for the engagement. He mistakes Param to be the groom and expresses his disappointment to Anand. Anand decides to use this to his advantage; he convinces Koda to meet Veeraswamy Naidu and make a deal with him - Koda would let Veeraswamy Naidu's men inside the house so that they can kill the groom. Anand hopes that this would stop the marriage and allow Valli to run away with Vinay. However, Veeraswamy Naidu's henchmen mistake Vinay to be the groom and attack him. Devaraj and Anand save Vinay. When one of Veeraswamy Naidu's men confess that Koda let them inside the house, Devaraj decides to kill him. Anand stops him and reveals that it was all his plan to stop the wedding.

Enraged, Devaraj attacks Anand with his men. In the middle of the fight, Anand's mother arrives. Devaraj and his family are shocked. It turns out that Anand's father Satyamurthy died when he saved Valli from an accident planned by Veeraswaamy. On this deathbed, he had still tried to help Sambasiva Rao with the land, but died before he could. Devaraj and Sambasiva Rao are both overcome with remorse. Devaraj returns the land documents to Anand, who gives the papers to Sambasiva Rao seconds before the deadline of four weeks is over. Sambasiva Rao apologises for his behaviour and Sameera reunites with him. Veerasamy dies in an accident (caused by a warning sign that Anand had made earlier in the movie) and Koda Rambabu is spared.

Anand and Sambasiva Rao are on their way home with their families when Pallavi's father meets them with news that the market value of Anand's stock is now worth {{INR}}10 [[crore]] ($1.56 million){{efn|name="exchange2015"}} due to which their wealth of {{INR}}300 [[crore]] ($46.7 million) has increased by ten times more. An emotional Anand thanks his father at the spot where Satyamurthy saved Valli's life. Anand and his family recover their house and live happily while Sambasiva Rao plans for Sameera and Anand's wedding.

== Cast ==
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* [[Allu Arjun]] as Viraj Anand
* [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] as Devaraj Naidu (voice dubbed by [[P. Ravi Shankar]])
* [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu|Samantha]] as Sameera/Subbalakshmi, Viraj’s love interest
* [[Nithya Menen]] as Valli, Devaraj's sister
* [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] as Lakshmi, Devaraj's wife
* [[Adah Sharma]] as Kolasani Pallavi, Anand's former fiancée
* [[Prakash Raj]] as Satyamoorthy, Anand’s father (extended cameo appearance)
* [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] as Paida Sambhashiva Rao, Sameera's father
* [[Pavithra Lokesh]] as Sharada, Anand's mother
* [[Rao Ramesh]] as Pallavi's father
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Devaraj's father
* [[Sindhu Tolani]] as Anand's sister-in-law
* [[Vennela Kishore]] as Anand's brother
* [[Ali (actor)|Ali]] as Paramdhamaiah a.k.a. Param
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Koda Rambabu, Devaraj's brother-in-law
* [[M. S. Narayana]] as Pallavi's uncle
* [[Sampath Raj]] as Veeraswamy Naidu, Devaraj's arch-rival
* Baby Vernika as Sweety, Anand's niece
* [[Mamilla Shailaja Priya]] as Sameera's mother
* [[Vamsi Krishna]] as Yogeshwar, Pallavi's husband
* [[Chaitanya Krishna]] as Vinay, Valli's love interest
* [[Ravi Prakash (Telugu actor)|Ravi Prakash]] as Kumaraswamy Naidu, Veeraswamy's brother
* [[Sree Vishnu]] as Bhadram, Anand's friend
* [[Rajitha]] as Devaraj's elder sister and Koda Rammohan's wife
* Prabhu as Devaraj's brother-in-law
* Giridhar as Sameera's friend
* Surekha Vani as Sweety's school principal
* [[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]] as Lawyer
* [[Madhunandan]] as Company Manager
* [[Ananth Babu]] as Yogeshwar's uncle
* [[Gautam Raju]] as Police officer
* [[Satya (Telugu actor)|Satya]] as Thief
* [[Prabhas Sreenu]] as Goon
* [[Amit Tiwari]] as Pallavi's brother
* [[Jani Master]] (cameo)
{{colend}}

== Production ==
=== Development ===
[[Trivikram Srinivas]] planned to direct [[Allu Arjun]] in a film produced by S. Radha Krishna under [[Haarika and Hassine Creations|Haarika & Haasine Creations]] (who produced their 2012 collaboration ''[[Julai]]''), since Srinivas had committed to another film with them.<ref name="Arjun Trivikram film">{{Cite web |date=3 November 2013 |title=Trivikram's next is with Allu Arjun? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Trivikrams-next-is-with-Allu-Arjun/articleshow/25176762.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031164716/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Trivikrams-next-is-with-Allu-Arjun/articleshow/25176762.cms |archive-date=31 October 2014 |access-date=8 April 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Allu Aravind]] was later rumoured to co-produce of the film as [[Geetha Arts]].{{cn|date=December 2024}} The film's ''[[Puja (Hinduism)|pooja]]'' ceremony was held at Radha Krishna's office in early December 2013, and filming was expected to begin in February 2014.<ref name="AA TR shoot Feb">{{Cite web |date=6 December 2013 |title=Allu Arjun, Trivikram film to start soon |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Allu-Arjun-Trivikram-film-to-start-soon/articleshow/26960910.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031164828/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Allu-Arjun-Trivikram-film-to-start-soon/articleshow/26960910.cms |archive-date=31 October 2014 |access-date=8 April 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Rumors that the film was shelved were denied by a film-unit source, who said that Srinivas' screenplay was nearly complete.<ref name="Trivikram ready">{{Cite web |date=28 March 2014 |title=Trivikram is ready for his next film |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140328/entertainment-tollywood/article/trivikram-ready-his-next-film |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031164914/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140328/entertainment-tollywood/article/trivikram-ready-his-next-film |archive-date=31 October 2014 |access-date=8 April 2014 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref> [[Devi Sri Prasad]] was chosen to compose the score and [[Prawin Pudi]] was signed as the film editor, marking Pudi's fifth collaboration with Srinivas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pasupulate |first=Karthik |date=2 April 2014 |title=Devi Sri Prasad music for Allu Arjun's next |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/music/Devi-Sri-Prasad-music-for-Allu-Arjuns-next/articleshow/33141251.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031163909/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/music/Devi-Sri-Prasad-music-for-Allu-Arjuns-next/articleshow/33141251.cms |archive-date=31 October 2014 |access-date=8 April 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="prawin">{{Cite web |last=Kavirayani |first=Suresh |date=3 March 2015 |title=The rise of Prawin Pudi |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150303/entertainment-tollywood/article/rise-prawin-pudi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303015733/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150303/entertainment-tollywood/article/rise-prawin-pudi |archive-date=3 March 2015 |access-date=3 March 2015 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>{{efn|Prawin Pudi and Trivikram Srinivas collaborated for four films in the past : ''[[Jalsa]]'' (2008), ''[[Khaleja]]'' (2010), ''[[Julai]]'' (2012) and ''[[Attarintiki Daredi]]'' (2013).<ref name="prawin" />}}

The film was officially launched at [[Ramanaidu Studios]] in Hyderabad on 10 April 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 April 2014 |title=Allu Arjun, Trivikram's film to be launched on April 10 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Allu-Arjun-Trivikrams-film-to-be-launched-on-April-10/articleshow/33406705.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408061308/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Allu-Arjun-Trivikrams-film-to-be-launched-on-April-10/articleshow/33406705.cms |archive-date=8 April 2014 |access-date=8 April 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="film launch hyd">{{Cite web |date=7 April 2014 |title=Samantha in Allu Arjun – Trivikram film, movie launch at 11:06 am on 10 April |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/today/samanthawithalluarjun-trivikramfilm.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408064106/http://idlebrain.com/news/today/samanthawithalluarjun-trivikramfilm.html |archive-date=8 April 2014 |access-date=8 April 2014 |publisher=[[Idlebrain.com]]}}</ref> In June, the film's title was rumoured to be ''Kavacham''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 June 2014 |title=Allu Arjun's new movie is Kavacham? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Telugu/Movies/News-Interviews/Allu-Arjuns-new-movie-is-Kavacham/articleshow/36935243.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101021251/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Telugu/Movies/News-Interviews/Allu-Arjuns-new-movie-is-Kavacham/articleshow/36935243.cms |archive-date=1 November 2014 |access-date=21 June 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> After considerable discussion, the producers reportedly tentatively planned to name the film ''Trisulam'' (also the title of a [[Trisulam (film)|1982 Telugu film]] starring [[Krishnam Raju]] and [[Sridevi]]). Agreements between the principals of both films were reportedly signed in early November 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Vincent |date=2 November 2014 |title=Is it another Trisulam |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141102/entertainment-tollywood/article/it-another-trisulam |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102170341/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141102/entertainment-tollywood/article/it-another-trisulam |archive-date=2 November 2014 |access-date=2 November 2014 |publisher=Deecan Chronicle}}</ref> Radhakrishna denied the reports, saying that the film's title would be announced in early December 2014 with its preview.<ref name="Sify">{{Cite web |date=26 November 2014 |title=Allu Arjun's big plan for Valentine's Day |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/allu-arjun-s-big-plan-for-valentine-s-day-news-telugu-ol0plLedcgdea.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127075350/http://www.sify.com/movies/allu-arjun-s-big-plan-for-valentine-s-day-news-telugu-ol0plLedcgdea.html |archive-date=27 November 2014 |access-date=27 November 2014 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> Trivikram reportedly considered the title ''Hushaaru'' in mid-January 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kavirayani |first=Suresh |date=22 January 2015 |title=Husharu, the title? |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150122/entertainment-tollywood/article/husharu-title |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122172328/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150122/entertainment-tollywood/article/husharu-title |archive-date=22 January 2015 |access-date=22 January 2015 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> Another title under consideration was ''Jaadugar'', earlier used for a [[Jaadugar (1989 film)|1989 Hindi film]] starring [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Jaya Prada]].{{cn|date=December 2024}}

The producers reportedly dropped the first two titles after poor feedback, and ''Jaadugar'' was expected to be chosen;{{cn|date=December 2024}} ''S/O Krishnamurthy'' was also considered.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 January 2015 |title=Allu Arjun's film is S/O Krishnamurthy? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-film-is-S/O-Krishnamurthy/articleshow/45987118.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123084707/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-film-is-S/O-Krishnamurthy/articleshow/45987118.cms |archive-date=23 January 2015 |access-date=23 January 2015 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> ''S/O Satyamurthy'' (read as ''Son of Satyamurthy'') was confirmed as the film's title on 6 March 2015 in a press release from the producers.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The film was initially planned for simultaneous release in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.<ref>{{Cite web |last=King, Vincent |date=25 August 2014 |title=Trilingual film for Allu Arjun |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140825/entertainment-tollywood/article/trilingual-film-allu-arjun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072223/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140825/entertainment-tollywood/article/trilingual-film-allu-arjun |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> A dubbed Kannada version, along with Tamil and Malayalam, later was planned because of Upendra and Allu Arjun's popularity in Karnataka.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Although the dubbed Malayalam version was also entitled ''S/O Satyamurthy'', the dubbed Tamil and Kannada versions were scrapped for fiscal reasons and it was released in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with English subtitles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamal |first=S. S. |date=6 April 2015 |title=S/O Satyamurthy set for grand release |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/S/O-Satyamurthy-set-for-grand-release/articleshow/46828272.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407050917/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/S/O-Satyamurthy-set-for-grand-release/articleshow/46828272.cms |archive-date=7 April 2015 |access-date=7 April 2015 |website=[[Bangalore Mirror]]}}</ref> Arjun began [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]] his role in early January,<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 January 2015 |title=Allu Arjun dubs for Trivikram's film |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjun-dubs-for-Trivikrams-film/articleshow/45741778.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103130406/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjun-dubs-for-Trivikrams-film/articleshow/45741778.cms |archive-date=3 January 2015 |access-date=3 January 2015 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> and [[post-production]] was scheduled to resume in late February.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamal |first=S. S. |date=25 January 2015 |title=Prince wants the crown back |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/Prince-wants-the-crown-back/articleshow/46014299.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126092008/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Prince-wants-the-crown-back/articleshow/46014299.cms |archive-date=26 January 2015 |access-date=26 January 2015 |website=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref> The actor resumed dubbing on 7 March, after returning from [[Spain]].{{cn|date=December 2024}}

=== Casting ===
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[[Allu Arjun]] was part of the project since its initial stages in early November 2013.<ref name="Arjun Trivikram film" /> [[Samantha Akkineni|Samantha Ruth Prabhu]] was cast as one of the film's heroines, her first collaboration with Arjun.<ref name="Samantha">{{Cite web |date=15 January 2014 |title=Allu Arjun to romance Samantha? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Allu-Arjun-to-romance-Samantha/articleshow/28851074.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116045936/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Allu-Arjun-to-romance-Samantha/articleshow/28851074.cms |archive-date=16 January 2014 |access-date=8 April 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> ''S/O Satyamurthy'' has three female leads; although Arjun initially denied this,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2014 |title=Three heroines for Allu Arjun? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Telugu/Movies/News-Interviews/Three-heroines-for-Allu-Arjun/articleshow/33138774.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403061221/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Three-heroines-for-Allu-Arjun/articleshow/33138774.cms |archive-date=3 April 2014 |access-date=8 April 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Srinivas confirmed that the film has three heroines.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2014 |title=Kriti Sanon in Allu Arjun's next? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Kriti-Sanon-in-Allu-Arjuns-next/articleshow/35517991.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101021837/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Kriti-Sanon-in-Allu-Arjuns-next/articleshow/35517991.cms |archive-date=1 November 2014 |access-date=24 May 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Kriti Sanon]] was rumoured to be one of the three female leads, although she later denied it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Hemanth |date=2 May 2014 |title=Kriti Sanon clueless about Allu Arjun's film |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Kriti-Sanon-clueless-about-Allu-Arjuns-film/articleshow/34536994.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504051357/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Kriti-Sanon-clueless-about-Allu-Arjuns-film/articleshow/34536994.cms |archive-date=4 May 2014 |access-date=3 May 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Adah Sharma]] and [[Pranitha Subhash]] were cast as the other two female leads,<ref name="Adah Sharma">{{Cite web |last=Kumar, Hemanth |date=6 September 2014 |title=Adah Sharma to romance Allu Arjun in Trivikram's film |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/adah-sharma-to-romance-allu-arjun-in-trivikrams-film/articleshow/41882931.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906225136/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Adah-Sharma-to-romance-Allu-Arjun-in-Trivikrams-film/articleshow/41882931.cms |archive-date=6 September 2014 |access-date=7 September 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="Pranitha">{{Cite web |last=Pasupulate |first=Karthik |date=27 September 2014 |title=Pranitha to now romance Allu Arjun |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Telugu/Movies/News/Pranitha-to-now-romance-Allu-Arjun/articleshow/43628626.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928093838/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Pranitha-to-now-romance-Allu-Arjun/articleshow/43628626.cms |archive-date=28 September 2014 |access-date=28 September 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> after [[Regina Cassandra]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kavirayani |first=Suresh |date=19 August 2014 |title=Regina may romance Allu Arjun |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140818/entertainment-tollywood/article/regina-may-romance-allu-arjun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819233811/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140818/entertainment-tollywood/article/regina-may-romance-allu-arjun |archive-date=19 August 2014 |access-date=19 August 2014 |publisher=Deecan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 August 2014 |title=Samantha Ruth and Pranitha Subhash together for third time? |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140825/entertainment-tollywood/article/samantha-ruth-and-pranitha-subhash-together-third-time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826160757/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140825/entertainment-tollywood/article/samantha-ruth-and-pranitha-subhash-together-third-time |archive-date=26 August 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014 |publisher=Deecan Chronicle}}</ref> [[Nayantara]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2014 |title=Allu Arjun's film to release in three languages? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-film-to-release-in-three-languages/articleshow/40777168.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101022924/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-film-to-release-in-three-languages/articleshow/40777168.cms |archive-date=1 November 2014 |access-date=23 August 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> and [[Rashi Khanna (actress)|Rashi Khanna]] were considered for Subhash's role.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 September 2014 |title=Who is Allu Arjun's third heroine? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Who-is-Allu-Arjuns-third-heroine/articleshow/42081647.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910034851/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Who-is-Allu-Arjuns-third-heroine/articleshow/42081647.cms |archive-date=10 September 2014 |access-date=17 September 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Subhash was later replaced by [[Nithya Menen]] because of conceptual differences with Srinivas,<ref name="Nithya">{{Cite web |date=25 October 2014 |title=Nithya Menon keen to work with Allu Arjun |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Nithya-Menon-keen-to-work-with-Allu-Arjun/articleshow/44934472.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026094038/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Nithya-Menon-keen-to-work-with-Allu-Arjun/articleshow/44934472.cms |archive-date=26 October 2014 |access-date=26 October 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=A.S. |first=Sasidhar |date=29 October 2014 |title=Trivikram loses cool; Pranitha walks out |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Trivikram-loses-cool-Pranitha-walks-out/articleshow/44978890.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101023417/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Trivikram-loses-cool-Pranitha-walks-out/articleshow/44978890.cms |archive-date=1 November 2014 |access-date=30 October 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> although she later said that she never signed for the film and reports that she had walked out were rumours.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 November 2014 |title=I have never shot for Trivikram's film, says Pranitha |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/I-have-never-shot-for-Trivikrams-film-says-Pranitha/articleshow/45049668.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106023637/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/I-have-never-shot-for-Trivikrams-film-says-Pranitha/articleshow/45049668.cms |archive-date=6 November 2014 |access-date=6 November 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

Rao Ramesh was cast in a crucial role.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 May 2014 |title=A busy time for Rao Ramesh |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140519/entertainment-tollywood/article/busy-time-rao-ramesh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519034434/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140519/entertainment-tollywood/article/busy-time-rao-ramesh |archive-date=19 May 2014 |access-date=19 May 2014 |publisher=Deecan Chronicle}}</ref> Although [[Arjun Sarja]] was reported to be the film's antagonist in mid-August 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 August 2014 |title=Arjun to play villain opposite Allu Arjun? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Arjun-to-play-villain-opposite-Allu-Arjun/articleshow/40200588.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814235922/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Arjun-to-play-villain-opposite-Allu-Arjun/articleshow/40200588.cms |archive-date=14 August 2014 |access-date=13 August 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 August 2014 |title=It's Arjun vs Arjun |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140813/entertainment-tollywood/article/it%E2%80%99s-arjun-vs-arjun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815002222/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140813/entertainment-tollywood/article/it%E2%80%99s-arjun-vs-arjun |archive-date=15 August 2014 |access-date=14 August 2014 |publisher=Deecan Chronicle}}</ref> Sarja later confirmed that he was not part of the project due to other commitments.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 September 2014 |title=Arjun isn't playing villain in Allu Arjun's next |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Arjun-isnt-playing-villain-in-Allu-Arjuns-next/articleshow/43071500.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101024010/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Arjun-isnt-playing-villain-in-Allu-Arjuns-next/articleshow/43071500.cms |archive-date=1 November 2014 |access-date=22 September 2014 |work=The Times of India |agency=Indo-Asian News Service}}</ref> [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] confirmed in mid-September 2014 that she had an important role in the film.{{cn|date=December 2024}} [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] and [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] were said to play important roles in the film,{{cn|date=December 2024}} and Upendra later confirmed his inclusion.<ref name="Upendra">{{Cite web |last=A. |first=Sharadhaa |date=22 September 2014 |title=Upendra Graces Trivikram's Telugu Project |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Upendra-Graces-Trivikrams-Telugu-Project/2014/09/22/article2442723.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006212525/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Upendra-Graces-Trivikrams-Telugu-Project/2014/09/22/article2442723.ece |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=22 September 2014 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> [[Vennela Kishore]] and Surekha Vani were selected to play supporting roles.<ref name="shooting start" /> [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] was cast at the end of November 2014,<ref name="Kota Srinivasa Rao">{{Cite web |date=25 November 2014 |title=Allu Arjun's next is a family drama |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-next-is-a-family-drama/articleshow/45270040.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126091156/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-next-is-a-family-drama/articleshow/45270040.cms |archive-date=26 November 2014 |access-date=26 November 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> and [[Mamilla Shailaja Priya]] was cast in a supporting role.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2014 |title=Vanisri is my inspiration: Priya |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/Vanisri-is-my-inspiration-Priya/articleshow/45513316.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217050306/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/Vanisri-is-my-inspiration-Priya/articleshow/45513316.cms |archive-date=17 December 2014 |access-date=17 December 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

Supporting character actor [[M. S. Narayana]] died after most of his portions in the film was completed. Although Srinivas decided not to delete any of his scenes, he faced a dilemma: whether to use a double or make do with what he had filmed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 February 2015 |title=To dub or not to dub |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150201/entertainment-tollywood/article/dub-or-not-dub |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202022716/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150201/entertainment-tollywood/article/dub-or-not-dub |archive-date=2 February 2015 |access-date=2 February 2015 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> After evaluating many mimics, Srinivas and Arjun reportedly decided to use [[Siva Reddy]] to dub for Narayana's role.{{cn|date=December 2024}}<nowiki> </nowiki>[[Sampath Raj]] was cast in early February 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Hemanth |date=3 February 2015 |title=Sampath Raj is on a roll |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Sampath-Raj-is-on-a-roll/articleshow/46087725.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203024702/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Sampath-Raj-is-on-a-roll/articleshow/46087725.cms |archive-date=3 February 2015 |access-date=3 February 2015 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

=== Characters ===
''S/O Satyamurthy'' was considered an image makeover for Arjun.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2014 |title=Allu Arjun set for image makeover |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Allu-Arjun-set-for-image-makeover/articleshow/35017688.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512234907/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Allu-Arjun-set-for-image-makeover/articleshow/35017688.cms |archive-date=12 May 2014 |access-date=24 May 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Although his character's name (Viraj Anand) was intended for another role in the film, he requested Srinivas to use the name for the titular character's son.<ref name="BM Sam">{{Cite web |last=Vivan |first=Sridhar |date=9 April 2015 |title=When Samantha puked listening to S/O Sathyamurthy storyline |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/When-Samantha-puked-listening-to-S/O-Sathyamurthy-storyline/articleshow/46867324.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413040901/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/When-Samantha-puked-listening-to-S/O-Sathyamurthy-storyline/articleshow/46867324.cms |archive-date=13 April 2015 |access-date=13 April 2015 |website=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref> Arjun learned flips, somersaults and other gymnastic skills to perform his stunts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 May 2014 |title=Bunny learns flips and somersaults |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Bunnylearns-flips-and-somersaults/articleshow/34819544.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509093952/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Bunnylearns-flips-and-somersaults/articleshow/34819544.cms |archive-date=9 May 2014 |access-date=24 May 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> He, his brother [[Allu Sirish]] and stylist Ashwin bought his costumes in [[Dubai]], and he lost {{convert|10|kg|lb}} with a customised diet and workout.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 September 2014 |title=Allu Arjun's on a shopping spree |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140909/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun%E2%80%99s-shopping-spree |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162440/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140909/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun%E2%80%99s-shopping-spree |archive-date=30 September 2014 |access-date=17 September 2014 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 September 2014 |title=Allu Arjun sheds 10 kgs [sic] for Trivikram's film |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjun-sheds-10-kgs-for-Trivikrams-film/articleshow/42464148.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101050925/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjun-sheds-10-kgs-for-Trivikrams-film/articleshow/42464148.cms |archive-date=1 November 2014 |access-date=17 September 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Sneha was rumoured to play Arjun's sister-in-law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pasupulate |first=Karthik |date=18 September 2014 |title=Sneha to play Allu Arjun's Vadina? |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Sneha-to-play-Allu-Arjuns-Vadina/articleshow/42807985.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918145545/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Sneha-to-play-Allu-Arjuns-Vadina/articleshow/42807985.cms |archive-date=18 September 2014 |access-date=22 September 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

Upendra was confirmed in a role paralleling Arjun's in the film,{{cn|date=December 2024}} and Sharma reportedly wore a traditional attire to suit her role.<ref name="Adah Sharma" /> Sharma's character was revealed to be unstable, while Arjun's character was nuanced;{{cn|date=December 2024}} he was confirmed as an event manager in late October 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Vincent |date=27 October 2014 |title=Allu Arjun sheds weight |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141026/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun-sheds-weight |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027080332/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141026/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun-sheds-weight |archive-date=27 October 2014 |access-date=27 October 2014 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> Nithya Menen would reportedly play a negative role as Upendra's sister in the film.{{cn|date=December 2024}} About Arjun's look, stylist Ashwin said it would reflect the current fashion trends in [[Milan]], [[Paris]] and [[London]] (incorporating pieces from the autumn-winter 2014 and spring-summer 2015 collections).<ref name="Ashwin">{{Cite web |last=A.S. |first=Sasidhar |date=7 November 2014 |title=Allu Arjun to sport a Brit Look |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjun-to-sport-a-Brit-Look/articleshow/45071291.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108152003/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjun-to-sport-a-Brit-Look/articleshow/45071291.cms |archive-date=8 November 2014 |access-date=8 November 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

Ashwin said that they shopped in Dubai because Arjun wanted to select his costumes, and the European capitals at that time had only winter collections. Arjun would have several hairstyles in the film.<ref name="Ashwin" /> Upendra's role was reported to be a Tamil living in [[Madurai]],<ref name="Madurai">{{Cite web |last=Kavirayani |first=Suresh |date=29 November 2014 |title=Bunny's set gets a special house |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141129/entertainment-tollywood/article/bunny%E2%80%99s-set-gets-special-house |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130012231/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141129/entertainment-tollywood/article/bunny%E2%80%99s-set-gets-special-house |archive-date=30 November 2014 |access-date=30 November 2014 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> and he was confirmed as the landlord at the end of January 2015.<ref name="Madurai set">{{Cite web |last=Kavirayani |first=Suresh |date=30 January 2015 |title=Allu Arjun in action |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150130/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun-action |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130180523/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150130/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun-action |archive-date=30 January 2015 |access-date=30 January 2015 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> He was not included in the film's promotional activities since Srinivas did not want to reveal what he considered a crucial character.<ref name="BM Sam" /> The way [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Wasim Akram]] handled [[diabetes mellitus|diabetes]] in real life inspired Srinivas to make Samantha's character diabetic in the film.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Samantha was comfortable in the role, since she too had been diagnosed with the disease two years earlier.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Prakash Raj had a limited role, since Srinivas wanted to tell the story of a father by not showing him but instead showing his son's love and his influence on his life.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The death of Sampath Raj's character was an accident because Srinivas did not believe in killing his antagonists directly, but to have them die as a result of their mistakes. Srinivas added that his death was planned so the film would have a good ending.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

=== Filming ===
[[File:Ramoji Film City.jpg|thumb|right|200px|alt=Ornate outdoor sign on pillars, reading "Ramoji Film City"|[[Ramoji Film City]] where Arjun's fight scenes were filmed under the supervision of Peter Hein]]
In early December 2013 it was announced that filming would begin the following February, after Arjun finished ''[[Race Gurram]]''.<ref name="AA TR shoot Feb" /> At the end of March 2014, shooting was postponed to the following month and it was later announced that filming would start during the third week of April.<ref name="Trivikram ready" /><ref name="film launch hyd" /> In June, filming was again postponed to the following month, when Arjun was scheduled to finish ''[[Rudramadevi (film)|Rudramadevi]]'';{{cn|date=December 2024}} he completed the film on 30 July.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2014 |title=Allu Arjun completes his part in Rudhramadevi |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140730/entertainment-tollywood/article/bunny-completes-his-part-rudhramadevi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731020646/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140730/entertainment-tollywood/article/bunny-completes-his-part-rudhramadevi |archive-date=31 July 2014 |access-date=30 July 2014 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>

Principal photography began on 19 September at a Hyderabad-based shopping mall.<ref name="shooting start">{{Cite web |date=19 September 2014 |title=Allu Arjun's new film rolls out |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-new-film-rolls-out/articleshow/43241498.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031164522/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-new-film-rolls-out/articleshow/43241498.cms |archive-date=31 October 2014 |access-date=19 September 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Samantha arrived at the set on 1 October 2014, after completing ''[[Kaththi]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 September 2014 |title=Samantha's busy schedule |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140923/entertainment-tollywood/article/samantha%E2%80%99s-busy-schedule |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006140228/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140923/entertainment-tollywood/article/samantha%E2%80%99s-busy-schedule |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=23 September 2014 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> and Sharma joined the production unit five days later.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Hemanth |date=7 October 2014 |title=Adah Sharma joins the sets of Trivikram-Allu Arjun's film |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Adah-Sharma-joins-the-sets-of-Trivikram-Allu-Arjuns-film/articleshow/44606282.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009194447/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Adah-Sharma-joins-the-sets-of-Trivikram-Allu-Arjuns-film/articleshow/44606282.cms |archive-date=9 October 2014 |access-date=8 October 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> A week-long shooting schedule planned at [[Ooty]] for scenes with Arjun, Upendra, Samantha and Sneha was disrupted because of unrest in Tamil Nadu due to [[Disproportionate Asset case against Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa's conviction]], and the scenes were filmed near [[Shamshabad]] in Hyderabad.<ref name="Ooty">{{Cite web |date=30 September 2014 |title=Allu Arjun's film shoot now shifts to Ooty |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140930/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun%E2%80%99s-film-shoot-now-shifts-ooty |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002164509/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140930/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun%E2%80%99s-film-shoot-now-shifts-ooty |archive-date=2 October 2014 |access-date=2 October 2014 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 October 2014 |title=Upendra Not Playing Villain in Allu Arjun's Film |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/Upendra-Not-Playing-Villain-in-Allu-Arjuns-Film/2014/10/03/article2460225.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006151900/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/Upendra-Not-Playing-Villain-in-Allu-Arjuns-Film/2014/10/03/article2460225.ece |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=5 October 2014 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Art director Ravinder built a large outdoor set for the destination-wedding scene, with flowers flown in from [[Bangkok]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kavirayani |first=Suresh |date=10 October 2014 |title=Ooty, 'made' in city! |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141009/entertainment-tollywood/article/ooty-%E2%80%98made%E2%80%99-city |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011120517/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141009/entertainment-tollywood/article/ooty-%E2%80%98made%E2%80%99-city |archive-date=11 October 2014 |access-date=10 October 2014 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>

A fight scene with Arjun was shot at [[Ramoji Film City]] under the supervision of [[Peter Hein]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 October 2014 |title=Allu Arjun gets into an action mode for Trivikram's film |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjun-gets-into-an-action-mode-for-Trivikrams-film/articleshow/44970214.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030173847/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjun-gets-into-an-action-mode-for-Trivikrams-film/articleshow/44970214.cms |archive-date=30 October 2014 |access-date=29 October 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> A residential set was built at a cost of {{INR}}3 crore by Ravinder in [[Kokapet]], where scenes with Brahmanandam and Srinivasa Rao were filmed in late November 2014.<ref name="Kota Srinivasa Rao" /> The Kokapet set, of a Tamil house in Madurai, required three truckloads of trees from a farmhouse in [[Kadiam]] (near [[Rajahmundry]]) and materials from [[Delhi]] and [[Chennai]].<ref name="Madurai" /> For the set, Srinivas and Ravinder travelled to a small city near Madurai and researched houses. By then, filming was nearly complete and the producers confirmed that the dialogue would be finished by the end of November and the songs shot the following month.<ref name="Sify" />

Filming was suspended because of a strike by Film Federation employees and the Memu Saitham [[Cyclone Hudhud]] relief fundraiser at Visakhapatnam.<ref name="Madurai" /> The strike was called off, and shooting resumed on 6 December.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2014 |title=AP Film workers calls off strike |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/AP-Film-workers-calls-off-strike/articleshow/45396153.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207053843/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/AP-Film-workers-calls-off-strike/articleshow/45396153.cms |archive-date=7 December 2014 |access-date=7 December 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> When Upendra finished his first shooting schedule for the film, he returned to the set of ''[[Upendra 2|Uppi 2]]'' on 10 December.{{cn|date=December 2024}} In addition to Arjun's action sequences,<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 December 2014 |title=Allu Arjun's film progressing in RFC |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-film-progressing-in-RFC/articleshow/45478490.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211150355/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-film-progressing-in-RFC/articleshow/45478490.cms |archive-date=11 December 2014 |access-date=11 December 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Some more scenes were filmed at Ramoji Film City.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Comedy sequences featuring Arjun and Samantha were shot at Hyderabad in late December.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Arjun spent the New Year with his wife and son in [[South Africa]], and was scheduled to return to the set during the second week of January 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 December 2014 |title=Allu Arjun to ring in New Year at South Africa |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141227/entertainment-tollywood/article/new-year-safari-allu-arjun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229030631/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141227/entertainment-tollywood/article/new-year-safari-allu-arjun |archive-date=29 December 2014 |access-date=29 December 2014 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> The final shooting schedule began on 6 January in Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kavirayani |first=Suresh |date=6 January 2015 |title=Allu Arjun back from holiday |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150106/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun-back-holiday |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107053310/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150106/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun-back-holiday |archive-date=7 January 2015 |access-date=7 January 2015 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> Additional filming of action and romantic scenes began on 20 January.<ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Vincent |date=18 January 2015 |title=Almost complete, but no name |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150118/entertainment-tollywood/article/almost-complete-no-name |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119034325/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150118/entertainment-tollywood/article/almost-complete-no-name |archive-date=19 January 2015 |access-date=19 January 2015 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> ''S/O Satyamurthy''{{'s}} climactic scenes were filmed on the Kokapet house set in late January.<ref name="Madurai set" />

Shooting was scheduled to continue there until the first week of February, when the dialogue would be completed.{{cn|date=December 2024}} A fight scene with Arjun and hundreds of other fighters was filmed in early February,<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 February 2015 |title=Allu Arjun fighting for Son of Satyamurthy |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjun-fighting-for-Son-of-Satyamurthy/articleshow/46183063.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211025532/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjun-fighting-for-Son-of-Satyamurthy/articleshow/46183063.cms |archive-date=11 February 2015 |access-date=11 February 2015 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> and Upendra returned to the Hyderabad set for his scenes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Hemanth |date=12 February 2015 |title=Sampoornesh Babu is a big fan of Upendra! |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Sampoornesh-Babu-is-a-big-fan-of-Upendra/articleshow/46200465.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212092626/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Sampoornesh-Babu-is-a-big-fan-of-Upendra/articleshow/46200465.cms |archive-date=12 February 2015 |access-date=12 February 2015 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> A song, choreographed by [[Sekhar (choreographer)|Shekhar]] and featuring Arjun, Samantha and Menen, was filmed on the Kokapet house set in late February.<ref name="DSP song">{{Cite web |date=20 February 2015 |title=Allu Arjun's dancing days |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150220/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun%E2%80%99s-dancing-days |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221092844/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150220/entertainment-tollywood/article/allu-arjun%E2%80%99s-dancing-days |archive-date=21 February 2015 |access-date=21 February 2015 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> The film unit then went to Spain to film three songs<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2015 |title=Allu Arjun's film progressing in Spain |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-film-progressing-in-Spain/articleshow/46391539.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227054851/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-film-progressing-in-Spain/articleshow/46391539.cms |archive-date=27 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2015 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> also featuring Arjun, Samantha and Menen, returning on 6 March.{{cn|date=December 2024}} ''S/O Satyamurthy''{{'s}} principal photography completed when the last song (choreographed by Jani and featuring Arjun, Samantha and Sharma) was filmed on 11 March 2015 in a specially erected set at [[Annapurna Studios]].{{cn|date=December 2024}}

== Themes and influences ==
Although ''S/O Satyamurthy'' was reportedly about a conflict between two families,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christopher |first=Kavya |date=28 November 2014 |title=Top Sandalwood stars do the perfect balancing act with non-Kannada films |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Top-Sandalwood-stars-do-the-Perfect-balancing-act-with-non-Kannada-films/articleshow/45297901.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128022053/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Top-Sandalwood-stars-do-the-Perfect-balancing-act-with-non-Kannada-films/articleshow/45297901.cms |archive-date=28 November 2014 |access-date=28 November 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> according to Upendra it revolves around three characters: one who follows his heart, a second who uses his brain and a third who uses his brawn.<ref name="Upendra" /> The characters are a wedding planner (Arjun), a wealthy businessman (Prasad) and a [[Boss (crime)|boss]] (Upendra).{{cn|date=December 2024}} Srinivas told the [[Indo-Asian News Service]] that his film would highlight a father's role in a person's life, because more films dramatise relationships with mothers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 April 2015 |title='S/O Satyamurthy' an ode to fathers: Trivikram |url=http://ianslive.in/index.php?param=news/S/O_Satyamurthy_an_ode_to_fathers_Trivikram-472242/ENTERTAINMENT/15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408082212/http://ianslive.in/index.php?param=news%2FS%2FO_Satyamurthy_an_ode_to_fathers_Trivikram-472242%2FENTERTAINMENT%2F15 |archive-date=8 April 2015 |access-date=8 April 2015 |agency=Indo-Asian News Service}}</ref> ''S/O Satyamurthy'' has urban and rural settings similar to the director's previous film, ''[[Attarintiki Daredi]]'' (2013).{{cn|date=December 2024}}

The film refers to situations in the ''[[Ramayana]]'' and the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' in the lives of [[Rama]], [[Sita]], [[Ravana]], [[Yudhishthira]] and [[Karna]] and to the [[dowry system in India|dowry system]].<ref name="IANS Review" /><ref name="TOI Review" /> Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote in her review that the film "attempts to break away from staid portrayal of women and notions of machismo in Telugu cinema". Upendra's character wants his wife to be happy, and hides his dark side from her; Samantha's character is diabetic, and the wall full of [[post-it note]]s in Rajendra Prasad's house illustrates marriages where communication has broken down. Dundoo notes lines of dialogue which "scoff" at people who call a girl unlucky if her engagement is broken.<ref name="TH Review" />

For the scenes between M. S. Narayana and Rao Ramesh, Srinivas was inspired by his mother's maternal uncles in the village of [[Tallapudi|Vegeswarapuram]] in [[West Godavari district]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2015 |title=Trivikram Srinivas exclusive interview |url=http://www.sakshi.com/news/movies/trivikram-srinivas-exclusive-interview-229525 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413025601/http://www.sakshi.com/news/movies/trivikram-srinivas-exclusive-interview-229525 |archive-date=13 April 2015 |access-date=13 April 2015 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]]}}</ref> In an interview, the director said that the screenplay was based on situations faced by people close to him and how they handled them.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

== Music ==
{{Main|S/O Satyamurthy (soundtrack)}}
[[Devi Sri Prasad]] composed the soundtrack album and background score for ''S/O Satyamurthy''. The soundtrack was scheduled to be released on 18 March.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The complete album was released on 21 March 2015, coinciding with the Ugadi celebrations, on the [[Novotel|H. I. C. C. Novotel]] Hotel in [[Hyderabad]].{{cn|date=December 2024}}

== Release ==
===Theatrical===
''S/O Satyamurthy''{{'s}} release date was originally scheduled for 20 February 2015 in late November 2014,{{cn|date=December 2024}} and was later postponed to 2 April (after the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]]) due to post-production delays.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamal |first=S. S. |date=22 January 2015 |title=Allu will come after World Cup |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/Allu-will-come-after-World-Cup/articleshow/45981721.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126070030/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Allu-will-come-after-World-Cup/articleshow/45981721.cms |archive-date=26 January 2015 |access-date=26 January 2015 |website=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref> After the film's review by the censors on 30 March 2015, its release date was rescheduled for 9 April.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

''S/O Satyamurthy'' was one of the rare Telugu films to be released in [[Tamil Nadu]] with English subtitles.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The film was confirmed for release on 100 screens across Karnataka, at the same time as ''[[Rana Vikrama]]''.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Its global screen count was 1375, the largest Telugu film release of the year; however, it did not break the record 1450 screens set by 2014's ''[[Aagadu]]''.{{cn|date=December 2024}} ''S/O Satyamurthy''{{'s}} dubbed [[Malayalam]] version was released on 24 April.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 April 2015 |title=Allu Arjun is back with a bang in Kerala! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/allu-arjun-is-back-with-a-bang-in-kerala-news-malayalam-peykSyeegdjai.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424143819/http://www.sify.com/movies/allu-arjun-is-back-with-a-bang-in-kerala-news-malayalam-peykSyeegdjai.html |archive-date=24 April 2015 |access-date=24 April 2015 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> In 2015, the Hindi dubbing rights of the film were bought by Goldmines Telefilms and premiered on YouTube in same year.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU9ALgdM3GI |title=Son of Satyamurthy |date=2016 |type=motion picture |language=hi |publisher=Goldmine Telefilms |place=India |people=[[Trivikram Srinivas|Srinivas, Trivikram]] (director)}}</ref>

=== Distribution ===
''S/O Satyamurthy''{{'s}} overseas theatrical rights were sold to Classics Entertainment for an undisclosed sum in late October 2014,<ref name="Classic">{{Cite web |date=21 October 2014 |title=Allu Arjun's film overseas rights sold out |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-film-overseas-rights-sold-out/articleshow/44900655.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022020357/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-film-overseas-rights-sold-out/articleshow/44900655.cms |archive-date=22 October 2014 |access-date=22 October 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> and days later its Karnataka rights were also sold for an undisclosed price.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2014 |title=Bunny's film Karnataka rights sold for a whopping |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Bunnys-film-Karnataka-rights-sold-for-a-whopping/articleshow/44982634.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101090133/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Bunnys-film-Karnataka-rights-sold-for-a-whopping/articleshow/44982634.cms |archive-date=1 November 2014 |access-date=31 October 2014 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Dil Raju]] acquired the Nizam regional rights for {{INR}}14 crore, one of the highest prices paid for Nizam rights to a film.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Bhopal Reddy acquired the Karnataka regional distribution rights for {{INR}}6 crore.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The film's theatrical rights were sold for a total of {{INR}}54 crore.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

=== Marketing ===
Sai Gopal, who had assisted Srinivas since ''[[Swayamvaram (1999 film)|Swayamvaram]]'' (1999), orchestrated ''S/O Satyamurthy''{{'s}} promotion.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Although the film was expected to preview in December 2014,{{cn|date=December 2024}} its preliminary preview was released on 6 March 2015 (the night before [[Holi]]).{{cn|date=December 2024}} The preview featured sixteen actors, including the leads (whose faces were blurred), and the film's logo was muted. In a press release, the producers announced that the film's promotion would be in full swing at the soundtrack release party, with party passes awarded to those predicting the sixteen actors on the preview poster.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Its 45-second advance-preview video was released on 7 March,{{cn|date=December 2024}} receiving a good response on [[YouTube]] (where it was viewed by more than 300,000 people within 12 hours of its release).{{cn|date=December 2024}} The film's logo was disclosed the following day.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Thirty-one-second 2D and 3D motion posters featuring Arjun, created by Prawin Pudi and designed by Siva Kiran of Working Title, were released on 9 March and two preview posters of Arjun were distributed the following day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2015 |title=S/o Satyamurthy – Motion Poster – Allu Arjun, Upendra, Samantha, Trivikram |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFEMAMMk7oQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308210946/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFEMAMMk7oQ |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=10 March 2015 |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2015 |title=S/o Satyamurthy – 3D Motion Poster – Allu Arjun, Upendra, Samantha, Trivikram |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm_6up72qgQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616125613/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm_6up72qgQ |archive-date=16 June 2015 |access-date=10 March 2015 |publisher=YouTube}}</ref>

''S/O Satyamurthy''{{'s}} 27-second trailer was released on 11 March;{{cn|date=December 2024}} two posters featuring Arjun, Samantha and Menen in Spain were distributed the following day,{{cn|date=December 2024}} and a poster of Arjun was released on 14 March.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The theatrical trailer had more than one million views on one YouTube channel in three and a half days, a record.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2015 |title=Allu Arjun's team thanks the audience |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-team-thanks-the-audience/articleshow/46629723.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330103711/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Allu-Arjuns-team-thanks-the-audience/articleshow/46629723.cms |archive-date=30 March 2015 |access-date=30 March 2015 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> The trailer for a promotional song with Arjun and Prasad was released on 28 March,{{cn|date=December 2024}} and the song itself was released on 1 April at 11:00 pm [[Indian Standard Time|IST]].{{cn|date=December 2024}} Arjun promoted the film's dubbed Malayalam version at the [[Lulu International Shopping Mall, Kochi|Lulu International Shopping Mall]] in [[Kochi|Cochin]] on 21 April.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

=== {{anchor|Home Media}}Home media ===
[[MAA TV]] acquired the film's broadcast-television rights for {{INR}}9.5 crore.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 2015 |title=MAA TV buys Allu Arjun's S/O Krishnamurthy |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/trade-news/telugu/MAA-TV-buys-Allu-Arjuns-S/O-Krishnamurthy/articleshow/46467410.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306095953/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/trade-news/telugu/MAA-TV-buys-Allu-Arjuns-S/O-Krishnamurthy/articleshow/46467410.cms |archive-date=6 March 2015 |access-date=6 March 2015 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> ''S/O Satyamurthy'' had its global television premiere on 19 July 2015 at 6 p.m. [[Indian Standard Time|IST]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 July 2015 |title=S/O Satyamurthy Movie on MAA TV |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/programmes/s/o-satyamurthy/params/tvprogramme/programmeid-30000000550054640/channelid-10000000001220000/starttime-201507191800 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719140803/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/programmes/s/o-satyamurthy/params/tvprogramme/programmeid-30000000550054640/channelid-10000000001220000/starttime-201507191800 |archive-date=19 July 2015 |access-date=19 July 2015 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

== Reception ==
''S/O Satyamurthy'' grossed {{INR}}20.5 crore on its first day at the global box office, the third-highest opening-day gross in the history of Telugu cinema.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The film also had the best opening-day gross of Arjun's film career, breaking records set by 2014's ''[[Race Gurram]]'' (his previous film), ''[[Temper (film)|Temper]]'' and ''[[Gopala Gopala (2015 film)|Gopala Gopala]]''.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Trade analyst Trinath told IANS that the film grossed {{INR}}33.5 crore in two days at the global box office, the biggest opening of the year to date.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 April 2015 |title='S/O Satyamurthy' strikes gold at the box office |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/so-satyamurthy-strikes-gold-at-the-box-office/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412141637/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/so-satyamurthy-strikes-gold-at-the-box-office/ |archive-date=12 April 2015 |access-date=12 April 2015 |work=The Indian Express |agency=Indo-Asian News Service}}</ref> ''S/O Satyamurthy'' earned {{INR}}26.92 crore in three days at the global box office.{{cn|date=December 2024}} By the end of its first weekend, the film earned {{INR}}30.31 crore and was the highest-grossing Telugu film of the year to date.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Gross earnings for the film's first weekend were {{INR}}48.3 crore.{{cn|date=December 2024}}''S/O Satyamurthy'' netted about {{INR}}3.5 crore and grossed {{INR}}5 crore on its fifth day at the global box office, bringing its five-day global gross and net to {{INR}}49.24 crore and {{INR}}35.74 crore. By then, the film had recovered 60 per cent of its cost and was third on the list of Telugu films with all-time top first-week worldwide openings, behind ''[[Attarintiki Daredi]]'' (2013) and ''[[Yevadu]]'' (2014).{{cn|date=December 2024}} ''S/O Satyamurthy''{{'s}} earnings dropped sharply on its seventh day, and its seven-day global earnings stood at {{INR}}57.9 crore gross and {{INR}}36.94 crore net.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

The film crossed the {{INR}}40-[[crore]] (400-million) mark on its eighth day, netting {{INR}}43.24 crore and grossing more than {{INR}}60 crore in eight days (recouping over 80 per cent of its cost).{{cn|date=December 2024}} In eleven days, it netted a total of {{INR}}42.55 crore and grossed {{INR}}66.85 crore at the global box office.{{cn|date=December 2024}} With consistent weekday performance, the film's fifteen-day global total gross and net figures were {{INR}}71.35 crore and {{INR}}45.05 crore.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

During its third week, ''S/O Satyamurthy'' lost a large number of screens to new releases ''[[Dohchay]]'', ''Kai Raja Kai'', ''Aloukika'' and ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]''. The film still performed decently, grossing {{INR}}5.05 crore and netting {{INR}}2.17 crore in three days for an eighteen-day global total gross and net of {{INR}}77.5 crore and {{INR}}46.92 crore (surpassing the lifetime records of ''[[Naayak]]'' (2013), ''[[Racha (film)|Racha]]'' (2012), ''Temper'', ''[[Eega]]'' (2012), ''Govindudu Andarivadele'' and ''Gopala Gopala''). It was the tenth-highest-grossing Telugu film of all time at the global box office.{{cn|date=December 2024}} At the end of three weeks, ''S/O Satyamurthy'' grossed over {{INR}}80 crore.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 May 2015 |title=Allu Arjun on a three-week holiday |url=http://ianslive.in/index.php?param=news/Allu_Arjun_on_a_three_week_holiday-475480/ENTERTAINMENT/15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507020743/http://ianslive.in/index.php?param=news%2FAllu_Arjun_on_a_three_week_holiday-475480%2FENTERTAINMENT%2F15 |archive-date=7 May 2015 |access-date=7 May 2015 |agency=Indo-Asian News Service}}</ref> Trade analyst Trinath told IANS that the film's three-week global net was over {{INR}}50 crore, the seventh-highest-grossing Telugu film of all time at the global box office.<ref name="3 week">{{Cite web |last=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |date=8 May 2015 |title=Allu Arjun's 'S/O Satyamurthy' enters list of all-time top ten moneyspinners |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/allu-arjuns-so-satyamurthy-enters-list-of-alltime-top-ten-moneyspinners/544466-71-177.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508135826/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/allu-arjuns-so-satyamurthy-enters-list-of-alltime-top-ten-moneyspinners/544466-71-177.html |archive-date=8 May 2015 |access-date=8 May 2015 |publisher=[[IBN Live]]}}</ref>

''S/O Satyamurthy'' grossed {{INR}}90.5 crore and netted a total of {{INR}}51.9 crore at the global box office during its full run; of this, {{INR}}50.75 crore was earned by the Telugu version.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Arjun was the first Telugu actor with two consecutive films crossing the {{INR}}50-crore mark at the global box office.{{cn|date=December 2024}} ''[[Bangalore Mirror]]'' called ''S/O Satyamurthy'' a [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]], grossing {{INR}}92 crore and netting over {{INR}}60 crore at the global box office during its run.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pudipeddi |first=Haricharan |date=17 June 2015 |title=Allu Arjun turns down Rs. 12 cr dance deal |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/Allu-Arjun-turns-down-Rs-12-cr-dance-deal/articleshow/47709006.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618061959/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Allu-Arjun-turns-down-Rs-12-cr-dance-deal/articleshow/47709006.cms |archive-date=18 June 2015 |access-date=18 June 2015 |website=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref>

=== India ===
The film grossed {{INR}}11.89 crore at the [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]] box office, {{INR}}4.35 crore in Karnataka and {{INR}}60 [[lakh]] in the rest of India on its first day.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Early trends suggested that ''S/O Satyamurthy'' would net {{INR}}8.5 crore in Andhra Pradesh,{{cn|date=December 2024}} and the official tally was {{INR}}9.37 crore; it was the fourth-highest opening-day grossing Telugu film in the state, behind ''Attarintiki Daredi'', ''[[Aagadu]]'' and ''Temper''.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The film earned more than {{INR}}2.9 crore at the Bangalore box office, with an 80-percent occupancy for two days (the highest of Arjun's films to date). ''S/O Satyamurthy'' earned {{INR}}7.2 crore in two days at the Karnataka box office.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

It earned {{INR}}5.15 crore and {{INR}}4 crore on its second and third days in Andhra Pradesh/Telangana, bringing its three-day total to {{INR}}18.42 crore. It earned approximately {{INR}}2.5 crore in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and elsewhere in North India in three days.{{cn|date=December 2024}} By the end of its first weekend, ''S/O Satyamurthy'' netted {{INR}}20.71 crore, {{INR}}3.5 crore and {{INR}}1 crore in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and the rest of India respectively.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Its first-weekend gross in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana was {{INR}}31.5 crore and {{INR}}6.6 crore, {{INR}}1.2 crore, and {{INR}}60 lakh in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and the rest of India respectively.

''S/O Satyamurthy'' performed well on its fifth day, earning {{INR}}2.16 crore in Andhra Pradesh for a five-day total of {{INR}}22.87 crore.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The film's sixth-day Andhra Pradesh earnings were {{INR}}2.38 crore, bringing its six-day total in the state to {{INR}}25.25 crore.{{cn|date=December 2024}} ''S/O Satyamurthy'' was the sixth-highest first-week earning Telugu film in Andhra Pradesh,{{cn|date=December 2024}} at {{INR}}26.24 crore. The film earned {{INR}}3.9 crore and {{INR}}1.2 crore in Karnataka and the rest of India in its first week.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Its Karnataka gross was {{INR}}4.75 crore, the highest ever for a Telugu film in the state.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

It was the fourth Arjun film to net {{INR}}1 crore in the Nizam region,{{efn|For film trade purpose, the Nizam region includes the three districts of [[Kalaburagi district|Kalaburagi]], [[Bidar district|Bidar]], and [[Raichur district|Raichur]] in [[Karnataka]] and seven districts in the [[Marathwada]] region including [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], [[Latur district|Latur]], [[Nanded district|Nanded]], [[Parbhani district|Parbhani]], [[Beed district|Beed]], [[Jalna district|Jalna]] and [[Osmanabad district|Osmanabad]] apart from the state of [[Telangana]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 July 2013 |title=Nizam territory will remain indispensable for Tollywood |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Nizam-territory-will-remain-indispensable-for-Tollywood/articleshow/21499426.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417014555/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Nizam-territory-will-remain-indispensable-for-Tollywood/articleshow/21499426.cms |archive-date=17 April 2015 |access-date=17 April 2015 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>}} after ''Julai'', ''[[Iddarammayilatho]]'' (2013) and ''Race Gurram''.{{cn|date=December 2024}} In eighteen days, the film netted {{INR}}33.72 crore, {{INR}}5.45 crore, {{INR}}63 lakh and {{INR}}72 lakh in AP/Nizam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and the rest of India respectively.{{cn|date=December 2024}} During its run ''S/O Satyamurthy'' netted {{INR}}37.65 crore, {{INR}}5.8 crore, {{INR}}63 lakh and {{INR}}72 lakh in AP/Nizam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and the rest of India respectively, {{INR}}14.05 crore in the Nizam region alone.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

=== Overseas ===
''S/O Satyamurthy'' grossed {{INR}}3.75 crore on its first day at the overseas box office.{{cn|date=December 2024}} According to [[Taran Adarsh]], the film earned $347,267 on its Wednesday premiere in the United States and was the second-highest US premiere grosser (behind ''Aagadu''). It earned $136,168 on Thursday, bringing its two-day US box-office total to $483,435 (about {{INR}}3.01 crore).{{cn|date=December 2024}} ''S/O Satyamurthy'' earned $233,870 on Friday, bringing its three-day US box-office total to $720,984 (about {{INR}}4.49 crore).{{cn|date=December 2024}}

The film passed the million-dollar mark on Sunday, the second Telugu film of 2015 to do so (after ''Temper'').{{cn|date=December 2024}} Gross overseas receipts for the first weekend were {{INR}}8.46 crore,{{cn|date=December 2024}} with net earnings of {{INR}}5.1 crore.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The film continued a good run on the international market despite a drop in collections in India, earning {{INR}}5.6 crore in eight days.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

''S/O Satyamurthy'' lost 60 per cent of its screens after the release of ''[[O Kadhal Kanmani|OK Bangaram]]'', but (according to Taran Adarsh) earned $1,235,073 by 19 April 2015. It broke the lifetime records of ''Temper'', ''Gopala Gopala'' and ''Govindudu Andarivadele'' in 11 days, and was the ninth-highest-grossing Telugu film of all time at the US box office.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The film earned a distributor share of {{INR}}5.2 crore in the US and {{INR}}70 lakh at the remaining overseas box offices during its run.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

=== Critical response ===
''S/O Satyamurthy'' received generally positive reviews from critics. According to Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of ''[[The Hindu]]'', "We've seen enough films with characters placed in the villain's den. Thankfully, the drama is lively and fun moments come through Ali and Brahmanandam. Allu Arjun shoulders the film with his remarkable performance and seems to be getting better with each film. The film's biggest undoing is its length. A trimmer version would be far more engaging".<ref name="TH Review">{{Cite web |last=Devi Dundoo |first=Sangeetha |date=10 April 2015 |title=S/O Satyamurthy: To keep up a father's honour |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/so-satyamurthy-review/article7089242.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410162703/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/so-satyamurthy-review/article7089242.ece |archive-date=10 April 2015 |access-date=10 April 2015 |website=The Hindu}}</ref> Pranitha Jonnalagedda of ''[[The Hans India]]'' wrote, "No denying that there are moments of crazy laughter, witty remarks and some thought-provoking words, but Trivikram's benchmark is set so high that the writing of this film doesn't excite us enough. All said and done, if you are a lover of a Telugu cinema who enjoys watching the hero being the Good Samaritan and fancy a few tear-jerking moments, this film is definitely for you!"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jonnalagedda |first=Pranitha |date=10 April 2015 |title=Not very Alluring |url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-04-10/Not-very-Alluring-143182 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410023617/http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-04-10/Not-very-Alluring-143182 |archive-date=10 April 2015 |access-date=10 April 2015 |work=The Hans India}}</ref> Madhavi Tata of ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]]'' gave the film three out of five stars, writing that Trivikram's screenplay "has too many sub-plots, but the dialogues sparkle, especially when mouthed by veteran actors". Tata called the film's humour a "big draw", with the best saved for Brahmanandam.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tata |first=Madhavi |date=17 April 2015 |title=S/O Satyamurthy Movie Review |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/SO-Satyamurthy/294050 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417115436/http://www.outlookindia.com/article/SO-Satyamurthy/294050 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |access-date=17 April 2015 |website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook india]]}}</ref> Hemanth Kumar of ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave ''S/O Satyamurthy'' three out of five stars, writing that the film "works well as an idea, and leaves you with enough questions and thoughts to reflect upon your own life, but as a cinematic experience, it leaves a lot to be desired".<ref name="TOI Review">{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Hemanth |date=9 April 2015 |title=S/O Satyamurthy Movie Review |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/S/O-Satyamurthy/movie-review/46867320.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411113049/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/S/O-Satyamurthy/movie-review/46867320.cms |archive-date=11 April 2015 |access-date=10 April 2015 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

Suresh Kavirayani of ''[[Deccan Chronicle]]'' gave ''S/O Satyamurthy'' 2.5 out of five stars: "Trivikram has continued the ''[[Attarintiki Daredi]]'' trend of rich-kid-giving-up-luxuries in this film too. But, the hallmark of the director is missing from this movie. The punch dialogues associated with his films are missing and the screenplay is so-so".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kavirayani |first=Suresh |date=9 April 2015 |title=Movie review 'S/o Satyamurthy': Missing the Trivikram touch |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150409/entertainment-movie-review/article/movie-review-so-satyamurthy-missing-trivikram-touch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410021520/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150409/entertainment-movie-review/article/movie-review-so-satyamurthy-missing-trivikram-touch |archive-date=10 April 2015 |access-date=10 April 2015 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> Karthik Keramalu of [[CNN-IBN]] also gave the film 2.5 out of five stars, calling it an "inconsistent drama with over-the-top action and a grand message" and adding: "If only the screenplay had matched the quality of Allu Arjun's style, which is impeccably taken care of, Trivikram would have won the ''S/O Satyamurthy'' lottery".<ref name="IBN Review">{{Cite web |last=Keramalu |first=Karthik |date=10 April 2015 |title='S/O Satyamurthy' review: An inconsistent drama with over-the-top action and a grand message |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/so-satyamurthy-review-an-inconsistent-drama-with-overthetop-action-and-a-grand-message/538989-71-216.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410060516/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/so-satyamurthy-review-an-inconsistent-drama-with-overthetop-action-and-a-grand-message/538989-71-216.html |archive-date=10 April 2015 |access-date=10 April 2015 |publisher=IBN Live}}</ref> [[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] gave ''S/O Satyamurthy'' two out of five stars: "While all the quintessential Trivikram trademark moments can be found in ''S/O Satyamurthy'', what you miss is the magic he created in his career's best film ''[[Athadu]]''", adding that the film is a "predictable and sloppy family drama with a few high and mostly low moments".<ref name="IANS Review">{{Cite news |date=10 April 2015 |title=S/O Satyamurthy: Predictable and sloppy (Telugu Movie Review) |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/s-o-satyamurthy-predictable-and-sloppy-telugu-movie-review-115041000743_1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410163034/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/s-o-satyamurthy-predictable-and-sloppy-telugu-movie-review-115041000743_1.html |archive-date=10 April 2015 |access-date=10 April 2015 |agency=Indo-Asian News Service}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ceremony
! Category
! Nominee
! Result
! {{tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[International Indian Film Academy Awards|IIFA Utsavam 2015]]
| Best Performance in a Leading Role – Male
| [[Allu Arjun]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" |{{cn|date=December 2024}}
|-
| Best Lyrics
| [[Devi Sri Prasad]] (for the song "Super Machi")
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | Gulf Andhra Music Awards
| Best Commercial Song
| Devi Sri Prasad and [[Sravana Bhargavi]] (for the song "Super Machi")
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" |{{cn|date=December 2024}}
|-
| Best Upcoming Singer – Male
| Yazin Nizar (for the song "Seethakalam")
| {{won}}
|}

;[[63rd Filmfare Awards South|63rd Filmfare Awards]]
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu|Best Director]] – [[Trivikram Srinivas]] – Nominated
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu|Best Actor]] – [[Allu Arjun]] – Nominated

;[[5th South Indian International Movie Awards|5th SIIMA]]
*[[SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Telugu)|Best Actress (Telugu)]] – [[Samantha Akkineni|Samantha Ruth Prabhu]] – Nominated
*[[SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Telugu)|Best Supporting Actor (Telugu)]] – [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] – Nominated
*[[SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress (Telugu)|Best Supporting Actress (Telugu)]] – [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] – Nominated
*[[SIIMA Award for Best Comedian (Telugu)|Best Comedian (Telugu)]] – [[Ali (actor)|Ali]] – Nominated
*[[SIIMA Award for Best Music Director (Telugu)|Best Music Director (Telugu)]] – [[Devi Sri Prasad]] – Nominated
*[[SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist (Telugu)|Best Lyricist (Telugu)]] – Devi Sri Prasad (for "Super Machi") – Nominated

;2016 [[CineMAA Awards]]
*Best Music Director – [[Devi Sri Prasad]] – Won
*Special Appreciation – [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] – Won

== Legacy ==
A dialogue from the film, ''Maa nanna drushtilo, bharyante nacchi techukune badhyata, pillalu moyyalanipinche baruvu. Kani naa drushtilo nannante marchipoleni gnapakam'' ("According to my father, a wife is a voluntary duty and kids are the burden we love to bear. But for me, my father is an unforgettable memory") was spoofed by the producers of the film ''Kobbari Matta'' in its promotion.{{cn|date=December 2024}} ''[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]]'' published a spoof of the film on 19 May 2015 in which Prakash Raj was replaced by Brahmanandam as the protagonist's father, who tells his son not to follow ethics and values but to give importance only to money.<ref>{{Cite web |last=G. R. |date=19 May 2015 |title=S/O Brahmimurthy {{mdash}} ''Asthe Viluva'' (Only wealth is important) |url=http://epaper.sakshi.com/apnews/Telangana-Main/19052015/Details.aspx?id=2769118&boxid=26313214 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519082257/http://epaper.sakshi.com/apnews/Telangana-Main/19052015/Details.aspx?id=2769118&boxid=26313214 |archive-date=19 May 2015 |access-date=19 May 2015 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]]}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of films featuring diabetes]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|4600412|S/O Satyamurthy}}

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Love Games (film)

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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
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| name = Love Games
| image = Love Games.jpeg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = 
| director = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| producer = [[Mahesh Bhatt]] [[Mukesh Bhatt]] [[Bhushan Kumar]]
| writer = Vikram Bhatt
| screenplay = Vikram Bhatt
| story = Vikram Bhatt
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Patralekha]] [[Tara Alisha Berry]] [[Gaurav Arora]]
| narrator = 
| music = [[Sangeet Haldipur]] [[Siddharth Haldipur]]-([[Sangeet-Siddharth]])
| cinematography = Manoj Soni
| editing =
| studio = [[Vishesh Films]] [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| distributor = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] [[Yash Raj Films]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2016|4|8}}
| runtime = 1 hr 54 mins
| country = India
| language = Hindi
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| gross = {{INR}}40.4 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/love-games/box-office/|title=Love Games Box Office Collection till Now - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="boxofficeindia.com"/>
}}
'''''Love Games''''' (also known as '''''Love Games''''': Love Dangerously) is a 2016 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language [[erotic thriller]] film directed by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and produced by [[Mukesh Bhatt]], [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and [[Bhushan Kumar]]. The film stars [[Patralekha]], [[Gaurav Arora]] and [[Tara Alisha Berry]] in the main cast. It was released on 8 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha sizzles in Love Games poster|url=http://thehindu.com/entertainment/patralekha-sizzles-in-love-games-poster/article8306085.ece|website=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Raj-Kummar-Rao-calls-Patralekha-hot-in-Love-Games-poster/articleshow/51235544.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Plot==
Ramona Raichand ([[Patralekha]]) is an edgy and adventurous woman. Thriller and lust are hate all she wants in life, and Sam ([[Gaurav Arora]]) is her boy-toy. Sam is perpetually depressed and resorts to self-harm for a temporary relief. He tells his psychiatrist ([[Rukhsar Rehman]]) that something was missing in his life, the void of some missing piece in his life, makes him feel no pain, emotionally'''.''' Here and enraged, where also says, Ramona that he believes love is nothing but an excuse of lust. We also get to know that his mother, who had fled with another man, despite loving his father, had done a love-marriage with his father. Thus injured, he believes all love stories have a tragic ending. His friends, Ramona tells him that he does not believe falls in love, because he has not seen adventures in the way of finding love.

Soon, the closet couple decides to take their escapades a notch higher by playing Love Games. As per the rules of the game, Ramona and Sam need to find the happiest couple in a page 3 party and then seduce one of them to bed. They meet a successful criminal lawyer Gaurav Asthana ([[Hiten Tejwani]]) and his surgeon wife Alisha ([[Tara Alisha Berry]]). The wife's vulnerability kills against her abusive husband only helps Ramona and Sam's plan. However, things do not remain a game any more when Sam eventually falls in deep love for Alisha. Ramona's vicious mind isn't willing to let go of Sam, and their relationship becomes sour. Ramona's obsession takes the center stage, Alisha and Sam becomes livid the victim.

==Cast==
* [[Patralekha]] as Ramona Raichand
* [[Gaurav Arora]] as Sameer Saxena (Sam)
* [[Tara Alisha Berry]] as Alisha Asthana
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Gaurav Asthana
* [[Alisha Farrer]] as Sonia Kamat
* [[Rukhsar Rehman]] as Sameer's psychiatrist

== Production ==
{{empty section|date=September 2020}}

===Marketing===
The trailer and first poster of the film was released on 2 March 2016. The trailer had over a million views on [[YouTube]] in few days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha and Gaurav starrer Love Games trailer crosses over 4 million hits|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/090316/patralekha-and-gaurav-starrer-love-games-trailer-crosses-over-4-million-hits.html|website=deccanchronicle.com|date=9 March 2016 |accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Love Games
| type = [[Film score]]
| artist = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2016|3|8}}
| recorded = 2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
The first song titled "Awargi" was released on 5 March 2016 where as the complete soundtrack consisting of seven tracks was released on 8 March 2016 under [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]. It also had English songs. It was composed by [[Sangeet-Siddharth]] and the lyrics were given by [[Kausar Munir]] and [[Vikram Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FIRST SONG FROM 'LOVE GAMES' RELEASED|url=http://bollyspice.com/first-song-from-love-games-released/|website=Bolly Speice|accessdate=9 March 2016|date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}

| title1 = Awargi
| extra1 = Sangeet Haldipur Rasika Shekar
| lyrics1 = [[Kausar Munir]]
| length1 = 04:34

| title2 = Love Games
| lyrics2 = Kausar Munir
| extra2 = Aanchal Shrivastava
| length2 = 04:22

| title3 = Mohabbat
| lyrics3 = Kausar Munir
| extra3 = [[Siddharth Haldipur]]
| length3 = 03:50

| title4 = Nirvana
| lyrics4 = Kausar Munir
| extra4 = Mohan Kannan
| length4 = 04:14

| title5 = Aye Dil
| lyrics5 = Kausar Munir
| extra5 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length5 = 04:19

| title6 = Lock Him Up
| lyrics6 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra6 = Sonia Saigal Ravindra Chary
| length6 = 02:57

| title7 = Poison
| lyrics7 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra7 = Shon Pinto
| length7 = 02:14
}}

==Release==
The film was released on 8 April 2016 under the production banner of [[Vishesh Films]] and was distributed by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] and [[Yash Raj Films]] in cinemas across [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls girlfriend Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|website=[[iBN Live]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011050/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gaikwad|first1=Pramod|title=Love Games trailer: Patralekhaa starrer is all about love, lust and betrayals|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/love-games-trailer-patralekhaa-starrer-is-all-about-love-lust-and-betrayals/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[DNA India]]
|rev2= [[Times of India]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1|2}}
|rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev3 = [[Zee News]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev4 = [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]
| rev4Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}
| rev5 = [[The Indian Express]]
| rev5Score = {{Rating|0.5|5}}
}}
The film mostly gained negative reviews from critics. Mohar Basu of [[Times of India]] gave the film 2.5 out of 5. He said: "Vikram Bhatt's Love Games tries to be a tempestuous tale about temptations. But his bright concept is far from being well-fleshed out. There were a bunch of interesting ideas which never intertwine with the narrative."<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mohar Basu|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Love-Games/movie-review/51742296.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>
Sarita A Tanwar of [[DNA India]] said that If you love games, stay away. After watching this one, you wouldn't come close to even board games. She rated the film 1 out of 2.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Sarita A Tanwar|title='Love Games' review: If you love games, stay away|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-love-games-review-if-you-love-games-stay-away-2199600|website=[[DNA India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> [[Zee News]] rated the film with 2.5 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Love Games movie review: Dangerously manipulative|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/love-games-movie-review-dangerously-manipulative_1873958.html|website=[[Zee News]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee from [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]] said "Love Games is a Vishesh Films offering. So it does not lack surface gloss. But it simply isn't enough to hide its lack of depth. Best avoided" He rated the film with one and a half star out of five.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/love-games-movie-review-1252|website=[[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of [[The Indian Express]] gave a half star to the film.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Shubhra Gupta|title=Love Games review: All sorts of things crop up in this Vikram Bhatt film|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/love-games-movie-review-all-sorts-of-things-crop-up-in-patralekha-vikram-bhatt-film-half-star/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|5518128}}

{{Vikram Bhatt}}
{{Mukesh Bhatt}}

[[Category:T-Series (company) films]]
[[Category:2016 films]]
[[Category:Indian erotic thriller films]]
[[Category:Films about adultery in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vikram Bhatt]]

Love Games (film)

2026-09-26T08:15:47Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Love Games
| image = Love Games.jpeg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = 
| director = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| producer = [[Mahesh Bhatt]] [[Mukesh Bhatt]] [[Bhushan Kumar]]
| writer = Vikram Bhatt
| screenplay = Vikram Bhatt
| story = Vikram Bhatt
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Patralekha]] [[Tara Alisha Berry]] [[Gaurav Arora]]
| narrator = 
| music = [[Sangeet Haldipur]] [[Siddharth Haldipur]]-([[Sangeet-Siddharth]])
| cinematography = Manoj Soni
| editing =
| studio = [[Vishesh Films]] [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| distributor = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] [[Yash Raj Films]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2016|4|8}}
| runtime = 1 hr 54 mins
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}100 million<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3262|title=Love Games - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}40.4 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/love-games/box-office/|title=Love Games Box Office Collection till Now - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="boxofficeindia.com"/>
}}
'''''Love Games''''' (also known as '''''Love Games''''': Love Dangerously) is a 2016 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language [[erotic thriller]] film directed by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and produced by [[Mukesh Bhatt]], [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and [[Bhushan Kumar]]. The film stars [[Patralekha]], [[Gaurav Arora]] and [[Tara Alisha Berry]] in the main cast. It was released on 8 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha sizzles in Love Games poster|url=http://thehindu.com/entertainment/patralekha-sizzles-in-love-games-poster/article8306085.ece|website=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Raj-Kummar-Rao-calls-Patralekha-hot-in-Love-Games-poster/articleshow/51235544.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Plot==
Ramona Raichand ([[Patralekha]]) is an edgy and adventurous woman. Thriller and lust are all she wants in life, and Sam ([[Gaurav Arora]]) is her boy-toy. Sam is perpetually depressed and resorts to self-harm for a temporary relief. He tells his psychiatrist ([[Rukhsar Rehman]]) that something was missing in his life, the void of some missing piece in his life, makes him feel no pain, emotionally'''.''' Here and enraged, where also says, Ramona that he believes love is nothing but an excuse of lust. We also get to know that his mother, who had fled with another man, despite loving his father, had done a love-marriage with his father. Thus, he believes all love stories have a tragic ending. His friends, Ramona tells him that he does not believe falls in love, because he has not seen adventures in the way of finding love.

Soon, the closet couple decides to take their escapades a notch higher by playing Love Games. As per the rules of the game, Ramona and Sam need to find the happiest couple in a page 3 party and then seduce one of them to bed. They meet a successful criminal lawyer Gaurav Asthana ([[Hiten Tejwani]]) and his surgeon wife Alisha ([[Tara Alisha Berry]]). The wife's vulnerability kills against her abusive husband only helps Ramona and Sam's plan. However, things do not remain a game any more when Sam eventually falls in deep love for Alisha. Ramona's vicious mind isn't willing to let go of Sam, and their relationship becomes sour. Ramona's obsession takes the center stage and Sam becomes livid the victim.

==Cast==
* [[Patralekha]] as Ramona Raichand
* [[Gaurav Arora]] as Sameer Saxena (Sam)
* [[Tara Alisha Berry]] as Alisha Asthana
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Gaurav Asthana
* [[Alisha Farrer]] as Sonia Kamat
* [[Rukhsar Rehman]] as Sameer's psychiatrist

== Production ==
{{empty section|date=September 2020}}

===Marketing===
The trailer and first poster of the film was released on 2 March 2016. The trailer had over a million views on [[YouTube]] in few days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha and Gaurav starrer Love Games trailer crosses over 4 million hits|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/090316/patralekha-and-gaurav-starrer-love-games-trailer-crosses-over-4-million-hits.html|website=deccanchronicle.com|date=9 March 2016 |accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Love Games
| type = [[Film score]]
| artist = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2016|3|8}}
| recorded = 2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
The first song titled "Awargi" was released on 5 March 2016 where as the complete soundtrack consisting of seven tracks was released on 8 March 2016 under [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]. It also had English songs. It was composed by [[Sangeet-Siddharth]] and the lyrics were given by [[Kausar Munir]] and [[Vikram Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FIRST SONG FROM 'LOVE GAMES' RELEASED|url=http://bollyspice.com/first-song-from-love-games-released/|website=Bolly Speice|accessdate=9 March 2016|date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}

| title1 = Awargi
| extra1 = Sangeet Haldipur Rasika Shekar
| lyrics1 = [[Kausar Munir]]
| length1 = 04:34

| title2 = Love Games
| lyrics2 = Kausar Munir
| extra2 = Aanchal Shrivastava
| length2 = 04:22

| title3 = Mohabbat
| lyrics3 = Kausar Munir
| extra3 = [[Siddharth Haldipur]]
| length3 = 03:50

| title4 = Nirvana
| lyrics4 = Kausar Munir
| extra4 = Mohan Kannan
| length4 = 04:14

| title5 = Aye Dil
| lyrics5 = Kausar Munir
| extra5 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length5 = 04:19

| title6 = Lock Him Up
| lyrics6 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra6 = Sonia Saigal Ravindra Chary
| length6 = 02:57

| title7 = Poison
| lyrics7 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra7 = Shon Pinto
| length7 = 02:14
}}

==Release==
The film was released on 8 April 2016 under the production banner of [[Vishesh Films]] and was distributed by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] and [[Yash Raj Films]] in cinemas across [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls girlfriend Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|website=[[iBN Live]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011050/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gaikwad|first1=Pramod|title=Love Games trailer: Patralekhaa starrer is all about love, lust and betrayals|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/love-games-trailer-patralekhaa-starrer-is-all-about-love-lust-and-betrayals/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[DNA India]]
|rev2= [[Times of India]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1|2}}
|rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev3 = [[Zee News]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev4 = [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]
| rev4Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}
| rev5 = [[The Indian Express]]
| rev5Score = {{Rating|0.5|5}}
}}
The film mostly gained negative reviews from critics. Mohar Basu of [[Times of India]] gave the film 2.5 out of 5. He said: "Vikram Bhatt's Love Games tries to be a tempestuous tale about temptations. But his bright concept is far from being well-fleshed out. There were a bunch of interesting ideas which never intertwine with the narrative."<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mohar Basu|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Love-Games/movie-review/51742296.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>
Sarita A Tanwar of [[DNA India]] said that If you love games, stay away. After watching this one, you wouldn't come close to even board games. She rated the film 1 out of 2.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Sarita A Tanwar|title='Love Games' review: If you love games, stay away|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-love-games-review-if-you-love-games-stay-away-2199600|website=[[DNA India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> [[Zee News]] rated the film with 2.5 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Love Games movie review: Dangerously manipulative|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/love-games-movie-review-dangerously-manipulative_1873958.html|website=[[Zee News]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee from [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]] said "Love Games is a Vishesh Films offering. So it does not lack surface gloss. But it simply isn't enough to hide its lack of depth. Best avoided" He rated the film with one and a half star out of five.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/love-games-movie-review-1252|website=[[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of [[The Indian Express]] gave a half star to the film.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Shubhra Gupta|title=Love Games review: All sorts of things crop up in this Vikram Bhatt film|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/love-games-movie-review-all-sorts-of-things-crop-up-in-patralekha-vikram-bhatt-film-half-star/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|5518128}}

{{Vikram Bhatt}}
{{Mukesh Bhatt}}

[[Category:T-Series (company) films]]
[[Category:2016 films]]
[[Category:Indian erotic thriller films]]
[[Category:Films about adultery in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vikram Bhatt]]

Love Games (film)

2026-09-26T08:15:20Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Love Games
| image = Love Games.jpeg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = 
| director = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| producer = [[Mahesh Bhatt]] [[Mukesh Bhatt]] [[Bhushan Kumar]]
| writer = Vikram Bhatt
| screenplay = Vikram Bhatt
| story = Vikram Bhatt
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Patralekha]] [[Tara Alisha Berry]] [[Gaurav Arora]]
| narrator = 
| music = [[Sangeet Haldipur]] [[Siddharth Haldipur]]-([[Sangeet-Siddharth]])
| cinematography = Manoj Soni
| editing =
| studio = [[Vishesh Films]] [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| distributor = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] [[Yash Raj Films]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2016|4|8}}
| runtime = 1 hr 54 mins
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}100 million<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3262|title=Love Games - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}40.4 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/love-games/box-office/|title=Love Games Box Office Collection till Now - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="boxofficeindia.com"/>
}}
'''''Love Games''''' (also known as '''''Love Games''''': Love Dangerously) is a 2016 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language [[erotic thriller]] film directed by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and produced by [[Mukesh Bhatt]], [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and [[Bhushan Kumar]]. The film stars [[Patralekha]], [[Gaurav Arora]] and [[Tara Alisha Berry]] in the main cast. It was released on 8 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha sizzles in Love Games poster|url=http://thehindu.com/entertainment/patralekha-sizzles-in-love-games-poster/article8306085.ece|website=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Raj-Kummar-Rao-calls-Patralekha-hot-in-Love-Games-poster/articleshow/51235544.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Plot==
Ramona Raichand ([[Patralekha]]) is an edgy and adventurous woman. Thriller and lust are all she wants in life, and Sam ([[Gaurav Arora]]) is her boy-toy. Sam is perpetually depressed and resorts to self-harm for a temporary relief. He tells his psychiatrist ([[Rukhsar Rehman]]) that something was missing in his life, the void of some missing piece in his life, makes him feel no pain, emotionally'''.''' Here and enraged, where also says, Ramona that he believes love is nothing but an excuse of lust. We also get to know that his mother, who had fled with another man, despite loving his father, had done a love-marriage with his father. Thus, he believes all love stories have a tragic ending. His friends, Ramona tells him that he does not believe falls in love, because he has not seen adventures in the way of finding love.

Soon, the closet couple decides to take their escapades a notch higher by playing Love Games. As per the rules of the game, Ramona and Sam need to find the happiest couple in a page 3 party and then seduce one of them to bed. They meet a successful criminal lawyer Gaurav Asthana ([[Hiten Tejwani]]) and his surgeon wife Alisha ([[Tara Alisha Berry]]). The wife's vulnerability kills against her abusive husband only helps Ramona and Sam's plan. However, things do not remain a game any more when Sam eventually falls in deep love for Alisha. Ramona's vicious mind isn't willing to let go of Sam, and their relationship becomes sour. Ramona's obsession takes the center stage and Sam becomes lived the victim.

==Cast==
* [[Patralekha]] as Ramona Raichand
* [[Gaurav Arora]] as Sameer Saxena (Sam)
* [[Tara Alisha Berry]] as Alisha Asthana
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Gaurav Asthana
* [[Alisha Farrer]] as Sonia Kamat
* [[Rukhsar Rehman]] as Sameer's psychiatrist

== Production ==
{{empty section|date=September 2020}}

===Marketing===
The trailer and first poster of the film was released on 2 March 2016. The trailer had over a million views on [[YouTube]] in few days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha and Gaurav starrer Love Games trailer crosses over 4 million hits|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/090316/patralekha-and-gaurav-starrer-love-games-trailer-crosses-over-4-million-hits.html|website=deccanchronicle.com|date=9 March 2016 |accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Love Games
| type = [[Film score]]
| artist = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2016|3|8}}
| recorded = 2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
The first song titled "Awargi" was released on 5 March 2016 where as the complete soundtrack consisting of seven tracks was released on 8 March 2016 under [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]. It also had English songs. It was composed by [[Sangeet-Siddharth]] and the lyrics were given by [[Kausar Munir]] and [[Vikram Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FIRST SONG FROM 'LOVE GAMES' RELEASED|url=http://bollyspice.com/first-song-from-love-games-released/|website=Bolly Speice|accessdate=9 March 2016|date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}

| title1 = Awargi
| extra1 = Sangeet Haldipur Rasika Shekar
| lyrics1 = [[Kausar Munir]]
| length1 = 04:34

| title2 = Love Games
| lyrics2 = Kausar Munir
| extra2 = Aanchal Shrivastava
| length2 = 04:22

| title3 = Mohabbat
| lyrics3 = Kausar Munir
| extra3 = [[Siddharth Haldipur]]
| length3 = 03:50

| title4 = Nirvana
| lyrics4 = Kausar Munir
| extra4 = Mohan Kannan
| length4 = 04:14

| title5 = Aye Dil
| lyrics5 = Kausar Munir
| extra5 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length5 = 04:19

| title6 = Lock Him Up
| lyrics6 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra6 = Sonia Saigal Ravindra Chary
| length6 = 02:57

| title7 = Poison
| lyrics7 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra7 = Shon Pinto
| length7 = 02:14
}}

==Release==
The film was released on 8 April 2016 under the production banner of [[Vishesh Films]] and was distributed by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] and [[Yash Raj Films]] in cinemas across [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls girlfriend Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|website=[[iBN Live]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011050/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gaikwad|first1=Pramod|title=Love Games trailer: Patralekhaa starrer is all about love, lust and betrayals|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/love-games-trailer-patralekhaa-starrer-is-all-about-love-lust-and-betrayals/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[DNA India]]
|rev2= [[Times of India]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1|2}}
|rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev3 = [[Zee News]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev4 = [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]
| rev4Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}
| rev5 = [[The Indian Express]]
| rev5Score = {{Rating|0.5|5}}
}}
The film mostly gained negative reviews from critics. Mohar Basu of [[Times of India]] gave the film 2.5 out of 5. He said: "Vikram Bhatt's Love Games tries to be a tempestuous tale about temptations. But his bright concept is far from being well-fleshed out. There were a bunch of interesting ideas which never intertwine with the narrative."<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mohar Basu|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Love-Games/movie-review/51742296.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>
Sarita A Tanwar of [[DNA India]] said that If you love games, stay away. After watching this one, you wouldn't come close to even board games. She rated the film 1 out of 2.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Sarita A Tanwar|title='Love Games' review: If you love games, stay away|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-love-games-review-if-you-love-games-stay-away-2199600|website=[[DNA India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> [[Zee News]] rated the film with 2.5 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Love Games movie review: Dangerously manipulative|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/love-games-movie-review-dangerously-manipulative_1873958.html|website=[[Zee News]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee from [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]] said "Love Games is a Vishesh Films offering. So it does not lack surface gloss. But it simply isn't enough to hide its lack of depth. Best avoided" He rated the film with one and a half star out of five.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/love-games-movie-review-1252|website=[[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of [[The Indian Express]] gave a half star to the film.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Shubhra Gupta|title=Love Games review: All sorts of things crop up in this Vikram Bhatt film|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/love-games-movie-review-all-sorts-of-things-crop-up-in-patralekha-vikram-bhatt-film-half-star/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|5518128}}

{{Vikram Bhatt}}
{{Mukesh Bhatt}}

[[Category:T-Series (company) films]]
[[Category:2016 films]]
[[Category:Indian erotic thriller films]]
[[Category:Films about adultery in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vikram Bhatt]]

Love Games (film)

2026-09-26T08:14:59Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Love Games
| image = Love Games.jpeg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = 
| director = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| producer = [[Mahesh Bhatt]] [[Mukesh Bhatt]] [[Bhushan Kumar]]
| writer = Vikram Bhatt
| screenplay = Vikram Bhatt
| story = Vikram Bhatt
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Patralekha]] [[Tara Alisha Berry]] [[Gaurav Arora]]
| narrator = 
| music = [[Sangeet Haldipur]] [[Siddharth Haldipur]]-([[Sangeet-Siddharth]])
| cinematography = Manoj Soni
| editing =
| studio = [[Vishesh Films]] [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| distributor = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] [[Yash Raj Films]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2016|4|8}}
| runtime = 1 hr 54 mins
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}100 million<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3262|title=Love Games - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}40.4 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/love-games/box-office/|title=Love Games Box Office Collection till Now - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="boxofficeindia.com"/>
}}
'''''Love Games''''' (also known as '''''Love Games''''': Love Dangerously) is a 2016 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language [[erotic thriller]] film directed by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and produced by [[Mukesh Bhatt]], [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and [[Bhushan Kumar]]. The film stars [[Patralekha]], [[Gaurav Arora]] and [[Tara Alisha Berry]] in the main cast. It was released on 8 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha sizzles in Love Games poster|url=http://thehindu.com/entertainment/patralekha-sizzles-in-love-games-poster/article8306085.ece|website=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Raj-Kummar-Rao-calls-Patralekha-hot-in-Love-Games-poster/articleshow/51235544.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Plot==
Ramona Raichand ([[Patralekha]]) is an edgy and adventurous woman. Thriller and lust are all she wants in life, and Sam ([[Gaurav Arora]]) is her boy-toy. Sam is perpetually depressed and resorts to self-harm for a temporary relief. He tells his psychiatrist ([[Rukhsar Rehman]]) that something was missing in his life, the void of some missing piece in his life, makes him feel no pain, emotionally'''.''' Here and enraged, where also says, Ramona that he believes love is nothing but an excuse of lust. We also get to know that his mother, who had fled with another man, despite loving his father, had done a love-marriage with his father. Thus, he believes all love stories have a tragic ending. His friends, Ramona tells him that he does not believe falls in love, because he has not seen adventures in the way of finding love.

Soon, the closet couple decides to take their escapades a notch higher by playing Love Games. As per the rules of the game, Ramona and Sam need to find the happiest couple in a page 3 party and then seduce one of them to bed. They meet a successful criminal lawyer Gaurav Asthana ([[Hiten Tejwani]]) and his surgeon wife Alisha ([[Tara Alisha Berry]]). The wife's vulnerability kills against her abusive husband only helps Ramona and Sam's plan. However, things do not remain a game any more when Sam eventually falls in deep love for Alisha. Ramona's vicious mind isn't willing to let go of Sam, and their relationship becomes sour. Ramona's obsession takes the center stage and Sam becomes the victim enraging.

==Cast==
* [[Patralekha]] as Ramona Raichand
* [[Gaurav Arora]] as Sameer Saxena (Sam)
* [[Tara Alisha Berry]] as Alisha Asthana
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Gaurav Asthana
* [[Alisha Farrer]] as Sonia Kamat
* [[Rukhsar Rehman]] as Sameer's psychiatrist

== Production ==
{{empty section|date=September 2020}}

===Marketing===
The trailer and first poster of the film was released on 2 March 2016. The trailer had over a million views on [[YouTube]] in few days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha and Gaurav starrer Love Games trailer crosses over 4 million hits|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/090316/patralekha-and-gaurav-starrer-love-games-trailer-crosses-over-4-million-hits.html|website=deccanchronicle.com|date=9 March 2016 |accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Love Games
| type = [[Film score]]
| artist = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2016|3|8}}
| recorded = 2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
The first song titled "Awargi" was released on 5 March 2016 where as the complete soundtrack consisting of seven tracks was released on 8 March 2016 under [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]. It also had English songs. It was composed by [[Sangeet-Siddharth]] and the lyrics were given by [[Kausar Munir]] and [[Vikram Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FIRST SONG FROM 'LOVE GAMES' RELEASED|url=http://bollyspice.com/first-song-from-love-games-released/|website=Bolly Speice|accessdate=9 March 2016|date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}

| title1 = Awargi
| extra1 = Sangeet Haldipur Rasika Shekar
| lyrics1 = [[Kausar Munir]]
| length1 = 04:34

| title2 = Love Games
| lyrics2 = Kausar Munir
| extra2 = Aanchal Shrivastava
| length2 = 04:22

| title3 = Mohabbat
| lyrics3 = Kausar Munir
| extra3 = [[Siddharth Haldipur]]
| length3 = 03:50

| title4 = Nirvana
| lyrics4 = Kausar Munir
| extra4 = Mohan Kannan
| length4 = 04:14

| title5 = Aye Dil
| lyrics5 = Kausar Munir
| extra5 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length5 = 04:19

| title6 = Lock Him Up
| lyrics6 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra6 = Sonia Saigal Ravindra Chary
| length6 = 02:57

| title7 = Poison
| lyrics7 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra7 = Shon Pinto
| length7 = 02:14
}}

==Release==
The film was released on 8 April 2016 under the production banner of [[Vishesh Films]] and was distributed by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] and [[Yash Raj Films]] in cinemas across [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls girlfriend Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|website=[[iBN Live]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011050/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gaikwad|first1=Pramod|title=Love Games trailer: Patralekhaa starrer is all about love, lust and betrayals|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/love-games-trailer-patralekhaa-starrer-is-all-about-love-lust-and-betrayals/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[DNA India]]
|rev2= [[Times of India]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1|2}}
|rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev3 = [[Zee News]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev4 = [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]
| rev4Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}
| rev5 = [[The Indian Express]]
| rev5Score = {{Rating|0.5|5}}
}}
The film mostly gained negative reviews from critics. Mohar Basu of [[Times of India]] gave the film 2.5 out of 5. He said: "Vikram Bhatt's Love Games tries to be a tempestuous tale about temptations. But his bright concept is far from being well-fleshed out. There were a bunch of interesting ideas which never intertwine with the narrative."<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mohar Basu|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Love-Games/movie-review/51742296.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>
Sarita A Tanwar of [[DNA India]] said that If you love games, stay away. After watching this one, you wouldn't come close to even board games. She rated the film 1 out of 2.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Sarita A Tanwar|title='Love Games' review: If you love games, stay away|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-love-games-review-if-you-love-games-stay-away-2199600|website=[[DNA India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> [[Zee News]] rated the film with 2.5 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Love Games movie review: Dangerously manipulative|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/love-games-movie-review-dangerously-manipulative_1873958.html|website=[[Zee News]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee from [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]] said "Love Games is a Vishesh Films offering. So it does not lack surface gloss. But it simply isn't enough to hide its lack of depth. Best avoided" He rated the film with one and a half star out of five.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/love-games-movie-review-1252|website=[[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of [[The Indian Express]] gave a half star to the film.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Shubhra Gupta|title=Love Games review: All sorts of things crop up in this Vikram Bhatt film|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/love-games-movie-review-all-sorts-of-things-crop-up-in-patralekha-vikram-bhatt-film-half-star/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|5518128}}

{{Vikram Bhatt}}
{{Mukesh Bhatt}}

[[Category:T-Series (company) films]]
[[Category:2016 films]]
[[Category:Indian erotic thriller films]]
[[Category:Films about adultery in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vikram Bhatt]]

Love Games (film)

2026-09-26T08:14:24Z

2409:40E6:FC:D6A3:4B04:15DB:8701:5833:

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Love Games
| image = Love Games.jpeg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = 
| director = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| producer = [[Mahesh Bhatt]] [[Mukesh Bhatt]] [[Bhushan Kumar]]
| writer = Vikram Bhatt
| screenplay = Vikram Bhatt
| story = Vikram Bhatt
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Patralekha]] [[Tara Alisha Berry]] [[Gaurav Arora]]
| narrator = 
| music = [[Sangeet Haldipur]] [[Siddharth Haldipur]]-([[Sangeet-Siddharth]])
| cinematography = Manoj Soni
| editing =
| studio = [[Vishesh Films]] [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| distributor = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] [[Yash Raj Films]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2016|4|8}}
| runtime = 1 hr 54 mins
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}100 million<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3262|title=Love Games - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}40.4 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/love-games/box-office/|title=Love Games Box Office Collection till Now - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="boxofficeindia.com"/>
}}
'''''Love Games''''' (also known as '''''Love Games''''': Love Dangerously) is a 2016 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language [[erotic thriller]] film directed by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and produced by [[Mukesh Bhatt]], [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and [[Bhushan Kumar]]. The film stars [[Patralekha]], [[Gaurav Arora]] and [[Tara Alisha Berry]] in the main cast. It was released on 8 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha sizzles in Love Games poster|url=http://thehindu.com/entertainment/patralekha-sizzles-in-love-games-poster/article8306085.ece|website=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Raj-Kummar-Rao-calls-Patralekha-hot-in-Love-Games-poster/articleshow/51235544.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Plot==
Ramona Raichand ([[Patralekha]]) is an edgy and adventurous woman. Thriller and lust are all she wants in life, and Sam ([[Gaurav Arora]]) is her boy-toy. Sam is perpetually depressed and resorts to self-harm for a temporary relief. He tells his psychiatrist ([[Rukhsar Rehman]]) that something was missing in his life, the void of some missing piece in his life, makes him feel no pain, emotionally'''.''' Here and enraged, where also says, Ramona that he believes love is nothing but an excuse of lust. We also get to know that his mother, who had fled with another man, despite loving his father, had done a love-marriage with his father. Thus, he believes all love stories have a tragic ending. His friends, Ramona tells him that he does not believe falls in love, because he has not seen adventures in the way of finding love.

Soon, the closet couple decides to take their escapades a notch higher by playing Love Games. As per the rules of the game, Ramona and Sam need to find the happiest couple in a page 3 party and then seduce one of them to bed. They meet a successful criminal lawyer Gaurav Asthana ([[Hiten Tejwani]]) and his surgeon wife Alisha ([[Tara Alisha Berry]]). The wife's vulnerability kills against her abusive husband only helps Ramona and Sam's plan. However, things do not remain a game any more when Sam eventually falls in deep love for Alisha. Ramona's vicious mind isn't willing to let go of Sam, and their relationship becomes sour. Ramona's obsession takes the center stage and Sam becomes the victim.

==Cast==
* [[Patralekha]] as Ramona Raichand
* [[Gaurav Arora]] as Sameer Saxena (Sam)
* [[Tara Alisha Berry]] as Alisha Asthana
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Gaurav Asthana
* [[Alisha Farrer]] as Sonia Kamat
* [[Rukhsar Rehman]] as Sameer's psychiatrist

== Production ==
{{empty section|date=September 2020}}

===Marketing===
The trailer and first poster of the film was released on 2 March 2016. The trailer had over a million views on [[YouTube]] in few days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha and Gaurav starrer Love Games trailer crosses over 4 million hits|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/090316/patralekha-and-gaurav-starrer-love-games-trailer-crosses-over-4-million-hits.html|website=deccanchronicle.com|date=9 March 2016 |accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Love Games
| type = [[Film score]]
| artist = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2016|3|8}}
| recorded = 2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
The first song titled "Awargi" was released on 5 March 2016 where as the complete soundtrack consisting of seven tracks was released on 8 March 2016 under [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]. It also had English songs. It was composed by [[Sangeet-Siddharth]] and the lyrics were given by [[Kausar Munir]] and [[Vikram Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FIRST SONG FROM 'LOVE GAMES' RELEASED|url=http://bollyspice.com/first-song-from-love-games-released/|website=Bolly Speice|accessdate=9 March 2016|date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}

| title1 = Awargi
| extra1 = Sangeet Haldipur Rasika Shekar
| lyrics1 = [[Kausar Munir]]
| length1 = 04:34

| title2 = Love Games
| lyrics2 = Kausar Munir
| extra2 = Aanchal Shrivastava
| length2 = 04:22

| title3 = Mohabbat
| lyrics3 = Kausar Munir
| extra3 = [[Siddharth Haldipur]]
| length3 = 03:50

| title4 = Nirvana
| lyrics4 = Kausar Munir
| extra4 = Mohan Kannan
| length4 = 04:14

| title5 = Aye Dil
| lyrics5 = Kausar Munir
| extra5 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length5 = 04:19

| title6 = Lock Him Up
| lyrics6 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra6 = Sonia Saigal Ravindra Chary
| length6 = 02:57

| title7 = Poison
| lyrics7 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra7 = Shon Pinto
| length7 = 02:14
}}

==Release==
The film was released on 8 April 2016 under the production banner of [[Vishesh Films]] and was distributed by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] and [[Yash Raj Films]] in cinemas across [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls girlfriend Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|website=[[iBN Live]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011050/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gaikwad|first1=Pramod|title=Love Games trailer: Patralekhaa starrer is all about love, lust and betrayals|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/love-games-trailer-patralekhaa-starrer-is-all-about-love-lust-and-betrayals/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[DNA India]]
|rev2= [[Times of India]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1|2}}
|rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev3 = [[Zee News]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev4 = [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]
| rev4Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}
| rev5 = [[The Indian Express]]
| rev5Score = {{Rating|0.5|5}}
}}
The film mostly gained negative reviews from critics. Mohar Basu of [[Times of India]] gave the film 2.5 out of 5. He said: "Vikram Bhatt's Love Games tries to be a tempestuous tale about temptations. But his bright concept is far from being well-fleshed out. There were a bunch of interesting ideas which never intertwine with the narrative."<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mohar Basu|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Love-Games/movie-review/51742296.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>
Sarita A Tanwar of [[DNA India]] said that If you love games, stay away. After watching this one, you wouldn't come close to even board games. She rated the film 1 out of 2.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Sarita A Tanwar|title='Love Games' review: If you love games, stay away|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-love-games-review-if-you-love-games-stay-away-2199600|website=[[DNA India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> [[Zee News]] rated the film with 2.5 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Love Games movie review: Dangerously manipulative|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/love-games-movie-review-dangerously-manipulative_1873958.html|website=[[Zee News]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee from [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]] said "Love Games is a Vishesh Films offering. So it does not lack surface gloss. But it simply isn't enough to hide its lack of depth. Best avoided" He rated the film with one and a half star out of five.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/love-games-movie-review-1252|website=[[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of [[The Indian Express]] gave a half star to the film.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Shubhra Gupta|title=Love Games review: All sorts of things crop up in this Vikram Bhatt film|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/love-games-movie-review-all-sorts-of-things-crop-up-in-patralekha-vikram-bhatt-film-half-star/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|5518128}}

{{Vikram Bhatt}}
{{Mukesh Bhatt}}

[[Category:T-Series (company) films]]
[[Category:2016 films]]
[[Category:Indian erotic thriller films]]
[[Category:Films about adultery in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vikram Bhatt]]

Love Games (film)

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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Love Games
| image = Love Games.jpeg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = 
| director = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| producer = [[Mahesh Bhatt]] [[Mukesh Bhatt]] [[Bhushan Kumar]]
| writer = Vikram Bhatt
| screenplay = Vikram Bhatt
| story = Vikram Bhatt
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Patralekha]] [[Tara Alisha Berry]] [[Gaurav Arora]]
| narrator = 
| music = [[Sangeet Haldipur]] [[Siddharth Haldipur]]-([[Sangeet-Siddharth]])
| cinematography = Manoj Soni
| editing =
| studio = [[Vishesh Films]] [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| distributor = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] [[Yash Raj Films]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2016|4|8}}
| runtime = 1 hr 54 mins
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}100 million<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3262|title=Love Games - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}40.4 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/love-games/box-office/|title=Love Games Box Office Collection till Now - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="boxofficeindia.com"/>
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'''''Love Games''''' (also known as '''''Love Games''''': Love Dangerously) is a 2016 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language [[erotic thriller]] film directed by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and produced by [[Mukesh Bhatt]], [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and [[Bhushan Kumar]]. The film stars [[Patralekha]], [[Gaurav Arora]] and [[Tara Alisha Berry]] in the main cast. It was released on 8 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha sizzles in Love Games poster|url=http://thehindu.com/entertainment/patralekha-sizzles-in-love-games-poster/article8306085.ece|website=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Raj-Kummar-Rao-calls-Patralekha-hot-in-Love-Games-poster/articleshow/51235544.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Plot==
Ramona Raichand ([[Patralekha]]) is an edgy and adventurous woman. Thrill and lust are all she wants in life, and Sam ([[Gaurav Arora]]) is her boy-toy. Sam is perpetually depressed and resorts to self-harm for a temporary relief. He tells his psychiatrist ([[Rukhsar Rehman]]) that something was missing in his life, the void of some missing piece in his life, makes him feel no pain, emotionally'''.''' Here, he also says, that he believes love is nothing but an excuse of lust. We also get to know that his mother, who had fled with another man, despite loving his father, had done a love-marriage with his father. Thus, he believes all love stories have a tragic ending.

His friend, Ramona tells him that he does not believe in love, because he has not seen adventures in the way of finding love.

So, the closet couple decides to take their escapades a notch higher by playing Love Games. As per the rules of the game, Ramona and Sam need to find the happiest couple in a page 3 party and then seduce one of them to bed. They meet a successful criminal lawyer Gaurav Asthana ([[Hiten Tejwani]]) and his surgeon wife Alisha ([[Tara Alisha Berry]]). The wife's vulnerability against her abusive husband only helps Ramona and Sam's plan. However things do not remain a game any more when Sam eventually falls in deep love for Alisha. Ramona's vicious mind isn't willing to let go of Sam, and their relationship becomes sour. Ramona's obsession takes the center stage and Sam becomes the victim.

==Cast==
* [[Patralekha]] as Ramona Raichand
* [[Gaurav Arora]] as Sameer Saxena (Sam)
* [[Tara Alisha Berry]] as Alisha Asthana
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Gaurav Asthana
* [[Alisha Farrer]] as Sonia Kamat
* [[Rukhsar Rehman]] as Sameer's psychiatrist

== Production ==
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===Marketing===
The trailer and first poster of the film was released on 2 March 2016. The trailer had over a million views on [[YouTube]] in few days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha and Gaurav starrer Love Games trailer crosses over 4 million hits|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/090316/patralekha-and-gaurav-starrer-love-games-trailer-crosses-over-4-million-hits.html|website=deccanchronicle.com|date=9 March 2016 |accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Love Games
| type = [[Film score]]
| artist = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2016|3|8}}
| recorded = 2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
The first song titled "Awargi" was released on 5 March 2016 where as the complete soundtrack consisting of seven tracks was released on 8 March 2016 under [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]. It also had English songs. It was composed by [[Sangeet-Siddharth]] and the lyrics were given by [[Kausar Munir]] and [[Vikram Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FIRST SONG FROM 'LOVE GAMES' RELEASED|url=http://bollyspice.com/first-song-from-love-games-released/|website=Bolly Speice|accessdate=9 March 2016|date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}

| title1 = Awargi
| extra1 = Sangeet Haldipur Rasika Shekar
| lyrics1 = [[Kausar Munir]]
| length1 = 04:34

| title2 = Love Games
| lyrics2 = Kausar Munir
| extra2 = Aanchal Shrivastava
| length2 = 04:22

| title3 = Mohabbat
| lyrics3 = Kausar Munir
| extra3 = [[Siddharth Haldipur]]
| length3 = 03:50

| title4 = Nirvana
| lyrics4 = Kausar Munir
| extra4 = Mohan Kannan
| length4 = 04:14

| title5 = Aye Dil
| lyrics5 = Kausar Munir
| extra5 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length5 = 04:19

| title6 = Lock Him Up
| lyrics6 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra6 = Sonia Saigal Ravindra Chary
| length6 = 02:57

| title7 = Poison
| lyrics7 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra7 = Shon Pinto
| length7 = 02:14
}}

==Release==
The film was released on 8 April 2016 under the production banner of [[Vishesh Films]] and was distributed by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] and [[Yash Raj Films]] in cinemas across [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls girlfriend Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|website=[[iBN Live]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011050/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gaikwad|first1=Pramod|title=Love Games trailer: Patralekhaa starrer is all about love, lust and betrayals|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/love-games-trailer-patralekhaa-starrer-is-all-about-love-lust-and-betrayals/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[DNA India]]
|rev2= [[Times of India]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1|2}}
|rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev3 = [[Zee News]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev4 = [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]
| rev4Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}
| rev5 = [[The Indian Express]]
| rev5Score = {{Rating|0.5|5}}
}}
The film mostly gained negative reviews from critics. Mohar Basu of [[Times of India]] gave the film 2.5 out of 5. He said: "Vikram Bhatt's Love Games tries to be a tempestuous tale about temptations. But his bright concept is far from being well-fleshed out. There were a bunch of interesting ideas which never intertwine with the narrative."<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mohar Basu|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Love-Games/movie-review/51742296.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>
Sarita A Tanwar of [[DNA India]] said that If you love games, stay away. After watching this one, you wouldn't come close to even board games. She rated the film 1 out of 2.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Sarita A Tanwar|title='Love Games' review: If you love games, stay away|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-love-games-review-if-you-love-games-stay-away-2199600|website=[[DNA India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> [[Zee News]] rated the film with 2.5 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Love Games movie review: Dangerously manipulative|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/love-games-movie-review-dangerously-manipulative_1873958.html|website=[[Zee News]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee from [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]] said "Love Games is a Vishesh Films offering. So it does not lack surface gloss. But it simply isn't enough to hide its lack of depth. Best avoided" He rated the film with one and a half star out of five.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/love-games-movie-review-1252|website=[[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of [[The Indian Express]] gave a half star to the film.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Shubhra Gupta|title=Love Games review: All sorts of things crop up in this Vikram Bhatt film|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/love-games-movie-review-all-sorts-of-things-crop-up-in-patralekha-vikram-bhatt-film-half-star/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|5518128}}

{{Vikram Bhatt}}
{{Mukesh Bhatt}}

[[Category:T-Series (company) films]]
[[Category:2016 films]]
[[Category:Indian erotic thriller films]]
[[Category:Films about adultery in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vikram Bhatt]]