Subhavaartha

Subhavaartha (transl. Good news) is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by P. N. Ramachandra Rao, starring Arjun and Soundarya. The film was partially reshot in Tamil as Mannavaru Chinnavaru (transl. The younger one is a king) with Sivaji Ganesan replacing Kota Srinivasa Rao as well as different cast. The Tamil version was released in 1999.^[1][2][3]

Subhavaartha
Title card
Directed by	P. N. Ramachandra Rao
Written by	P. N. Ramachandra Rao Liaquat Ali Khan (Tamil dialogues)
Produced by	M. Y. Maharshi (Telugu) Kalaipuli S. Thanu (Tamil)
Starring	Arjun Soundarya
Music by	Koti
Production company	M. Y. M. Creations (Telugu) Kaalipuli International (Tamil)
Release dates	8 October 1998 (1998-10-08) (Telugu) 15 January 1999 (1999-01-15) (Tamil)
Country	India
Languages	Telugu Tamil

Cast

Note: Portions involving Srihari were dubbed from Telugu for the Tamil version.

Cast (Telugu)	Cast (Tamil)	Role (Telugu)	Role (Tamil)
Arjun Sarja		Rajendra Prasad (Raja)
Soundarya		Meghana
Kota Srinivasa Rao	Sivaji Ganesan		Rajashekar
Kavya	Maheswari		Shweta
Chandra Mohan	Visu		Shanmugasundaram
Siva Parvathi	K. R. Vijaya		Shanmugasundaram's wife
Srihari		Siddaraju
Narra Venkateswara Rao		Dharmaraju

Telugu version

• Velu
• Brahmanandam
• M. S. Narayana
• Gundu Hanumantha Rao
• Master Aditya Paruchuri
• Master Surya Paruchuri
• Master Venkatesh Battula
• Master Phanindra Pagidi
• Master Manideep Lingala

Tamil version

• R. Sundarrajan as Minor Rajamani
• S. S. Chandran as Sigaram
• Anu Mohan as Rajamani's cousin
• Idichapuli Selvaraj as Village man

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Koti. All lyrics were written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry.^[4] The Tamil soundtrack is credited to composer Geethapriyan, who reused the original songs.^[5]

Telugu

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Are Bapre"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
2.	"Atcha Maina"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
3.	"Jaabilamma" (duet)	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
4.	"Kulluku Baby"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
5.	"Jaabilamma" (sad)	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Tamil

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Adi Paaduthe"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
2.	"Kathi Vaitha"	Sukhwinder Singh, Ranjani
3.	"Konji Pesu"	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
4.	"Vaannilave"	Mano, Ranjani
5.	"Mannavaru"	Krishnaraj, Ranjani

Reception

A critic from Zamin Ryot wrote that the director should be congratulated for not showing any vulgar and unwanted scenes in this family story film which has a natural flow of good drama.^[6] Reviewing the Tamil version, a critic from The New Indian Express noted "though thespian Sivaji Ganesan and Soundarya shoulder the film, it is too late for the director to realise his mistakes. If some of the stunt and murder scenes are any indication, it seems the director has no basic knowledge about law and order".^[7] A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Both Soundarya and Arjun simply mouth the fast paced dialogues, their expressions not doing full justice to the content".^[1]