Santosh Subramaniam is a 2008
Tamil musical and
romantic film which was directed and co-written by
Raja Mohan while Kalaprathi S. Agoram produced the film. While
Jayam Ravi and
Genelia D'Souza played the lead roles,
Prakash Raj and
Geetha, prominent actors from the south Indian film industry, played the significant roles of one of the lead character's parents in the movie. The film is a remake of the successful
Telugu language film,
Bommarillu, which post-release sparked off a battle in
Tamil film industry for the remake rights. Apart from Tamil, efforts to remake this film in
Hindi with
Amitabh Bachchan and
Abhishek Bachchan, popular actors from the
Bollywood, were unsuccessful, but
Anees Bazmee has recently announced the remake,
It's My Life, with
Harman Baweja playing the role opposite D'Souza, who plays the character for the third time.
The film primarily revolves around a father and son relationship with the father's dote on his son ironically leaving a bitter taste with the latter. The son's choices and his wants to achieve something in life are always subdued by his father's. The father has a justification in the form of his dream, that is to build a dream house. When it comes to his son's marriage, the son breaks his shackles of respect only to experience the newly found...
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