The story starts off in Kurnool where Sita (Regina Cassandra) runs away from a marriage that she does not want. And off she goes to the US to marry her Facebook boyfriend. Like in all films, the FB boyfriend turns out to be a fraud and she ends up acting as the wife of Subramanyam (Sai Dharam Teja), thanks to a ‘Best Couple’ competition held by NRI Rajasekhar (Naga Babu). Well, after that both of them return to India for their respective sisters’ marriage. What happens next forms the rest of the story.

The failure of Ramayya Vastavayya has brought down the popularity of Harish Shankar, hence he has made this movie to showcase his strengths as writer and director.

Harish has used a regular formula that has been applied in many movies like Brundavanam, Bavagaru Bagunnara and Donga Mogudu.

Scenes from several other movies are also rehashed. Much of the first half of the movie goes on pretty routine formulae.

Second half is laced with comedy scenes and some story element. This is where Harish Shankar has succeeded compared to his earlier Ramayya Vasatavayya.

But the movie has its share of many minuses like uneven narration, missing many logic points in the episodes set in the USA.

Sai Dharam Tej is hardly shown working other than mostly involving with Regina despite establishing that he works only for the sake of amassing dollars.

There is also his track with his aunt Jhansi and it is unconvincing. Adah Sharma’s whole track seems to have put there to add some more twist than anything else.

Having said that, Harish Shankar is clear in his goal – to make Subramanyam For Sale a mass entertainer that will be enjoyed by mega fans.

Right from the beginning, Sai Dharam Teja has mimicked either Chiranjeevi or Pawan Kalyan throughout the movie in an obvious attempt to satisfy the mega fans. So there is less creativity, more mass elements.

All in all, entertainment in the second half coupled with some good dance steps by Sai Dharam Tej, Subramanyam For Sale makes for one time watch for fans and for others it is quite routine fare.

Greatandhra