May you live long for 100 years) is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language family drama written and directed by Satish Vegesna.
[4][5] The film is produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations and stars Sharwanand, Anupama Parameswaran, Prakash Raj and Jayasudha in key roles.
[6][7] An ensemble cast including Naresh, Indraja, Raja Ravindra, Shiju, Himaja, and Sithara plays supporting roles.
However, with changing times, Ragahvaraju's two sons, Ravi and Kalyan and daughter Jhansi live in the United States, Canada, and Australia respectively as nuclear families.
After a gap of 10 years, all of his children arrive in the village during the holiday season of Makara Sankranti, under mysterious circumstances after they receive an email from Raghavaraju, who expresses his wish to divorce his wife.
[citation needed] In September 2015, Sai Dharam Tej has signed two projects for Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations, which were Supreme directed by Anil Ravipudi and Sathamanam Bhavati by Satish Vegesna.
[13] In February 2016, Sai Dharam Tej has opted out due to schedule conflicts and replaced by Raj Tarun[14] alongside Anupama Parameswaran.
[16] After performing well in two Telugu films Premam (2016) and A Aa (2016), Anupama was cast to play the role Nithya, an NRI from Australia.
Mint reported that the film collected a gross of $653,664 (₹44.5 million) in the United States in the first two weeks since its release.
The Hindu's Srivathsan Nadadhur quoted the film as "rightly peppered for the festive season" and "an ideal family watch".
[30] He further added that the film gets its balance right predominantly due to the performances, humour and Mickey J. Meyer's music.
On a whole, he wrote that "Sathamanam Bhavati has elements and intent that attract family crowds this festival season.