Movie: Santhana Prapthirasthu
Rating: 1.75/5
Banners: Madhura Entertainment, Nirvi Arts
Cast: Vikranth, Chandini Chowdary, Vennela Kishore, Tharun Bhascker, Abhinav Gomatam, Jeevan Kumar, Muralidhar Goud, Sri Lakshmi, Harsha Vardhan, Bindu Chandramouli, Satya Krishna, Thagubothu Ramesh, Abhay Bethiganti, Kireeti, and others
Story, Screenplay: Sanjeev Reddy, Sheik Dawood G
Music: Sunil Kashyap
Director of Photography: Mahi Reddy Pandugula
Editor: Sai Krishna Ganala
Production Designer: Shiva Kumar Macha
Producers: Madhura Sreedhar Reddy, Nirvi Hariprasad Reddy
Directed by: Sanjeev Reddy
Release Date: Nov 14, 2025
The makers of “Santhana Prapthirasthu” have done some quirky and fun promotions and thus attracted the movie lovers despite not having big stars. Besides that Chandini Chowdary has appeared in some good films recently.
Let’s find out how this film has fared up.
Story:
Chaitanya (Vikranth), a software professional in Hyderabad, falls in love with Kalyani (Chandini Chowdary), a girl from Warangal. They marry despite strong opposition from her father, Eswar (Muralidhar Goud).
Six months later, Eswar seemingly comes around and moves in with the couple. But behind Kalyani’s back, he warns his son-in-law that he will break the marriage within three months and take his daughter back to Warangal.
Meanwhile, Chaitanya is dealing with a low sperm-count issue. Can he make his wife a mother in 100 days?
Artistes’ Performances:
Vikranth, who previously debuted in the action film “Spark,” plays a simple software professional this time. He is adequate in the role.
Chandini Chowdary suits the part of a middle-class young woman from Warangal. Although their chemistry isn’t particularly strong, both deliver convincing act.
Tharun Bhascker once again slips into a familiar rowdy-comic avatar. Abhinav Gomatam and Vennela Kishore manage to evoke a few chuckles, but the humor overall is limited.
Muralidhar Goud is fine in his role, while Jeevan Kumar has very little scope. Satya Krishna, as the doctor, is decent.
Technical Excellence:
The film doesn’t offer much in terms of technical finesse. The cinematography is adequate for the story, and the production values are middling.
Editing is straightforward, and the dialogues are fairly routine, though a few lines do manage to amuse. The songs are not catchy.
Highlights:
Few comedy dialogues
Drawback:
Outdated narrative
No exciting element
Plain screenplay
Analysis
When a film features relatively new or less popular actors, the responsibility falls on the director and writers to craft a strong screenplay or present a truly unique point to sustain the audience’s interest. In the case of “Santhana Prapthirasthu,” the makers seem to have assumed that focusing on a male protagonist dealing with low sperm count would itself be enough to make the film stand out.
While it’s true that mainstream heroes are rarely shown grappling with such an issue, the concept doesn’t fully materialize on screen. Much of the first half drifts into the routine of establishing the romance between Vikranth and Chandini Chowdary and dwelling on unimportant episodes. The film reaches its actual conflict only around the interval.
The second half revolves around the hero’s attempt to make his wife pregnant within 100 days. He joins a wellness centre to improve his condition, while his father-in-law does everything possible to deny the couple any privacy, hoping to break the marriage and take his daughter back home. These set-ups, designed to create humour, rarely land as intended.
Few directors can generate laughs even from formulaic situations. It’s not the situations themselves, but the skill to mine humour from mundane moments. That is where this film falters as director Sanjeev Reddy could not come up with laugh out loud moments here. Although the writer and director have “conceived” comedic situations, they fail to “fertilise” them into effective humour.
Vennela Kishore’s wellness-centre track initially offers some fun, but after a point, it follows a repetitive pattern and doesn’t add much to the laughter quotient. As a result, the film’s premise loses its impact due to weak narration and an old-fashioned screenplay.
On the whole, “Santhana Prapthirasthu” ends up as another small-budget film that disappoints despite having a ‘decent’ central idea. When the comedy doesn’t work, concepts like this fail to translate on screen, and this film is another example.
Bottom-line: Dull
