Santosh Subramaniam

Santosh Subramaniam, spelt Santhosh Subramaniyam onscreen, is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by M. Raja and produced by Kalpathi S. Agoram. It stars Ravi Mohan, then credited as Jayam Ravi, and Genelia, with Prakash Raj, Geetha and Sayaji Shinde in supporting roles. The film is a remake of the Telugu film Bommarillu (2006), and Genelia and Prakash Raj repeated their roles from the original. It centres on the bond between a father who dotes on his son and a son who resents that control and wants to make his own choices in career and marriage. Mohan, the director's father, outbid several rivals for the remake rights through his home company Jayam Combines. The film was released on 11 April 2008, during the Tamil New Year festival, and was positively received and commercially successful. It won the third prize for Best Film at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards of 2008 and received four nominations at the 56th Filmfare Awards South, without a win.