Antonio (The Merchant of Venice) Antonio (The Merchant of Venice) Antonio is the title character in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice". An influential, powerful and wealthy nobleman of Venice, he is a middle-aged man and a merchant by trade who has his financial interests tied up in overseas shipments when the play begins. He is kind, generous, honest and confident, and is loved and revered by all the Christians who know him. His willingness to die for Bassanio is a manifestation of his character. Antonio manifests anti-semitism by cursing and spitting at Shylock (anti-semitism was common in Europe in Shakespeare's days). He is a structural
S/O Satyamurthy at the end of November 2014, and Mamilla Shailaja Priya was cast in a supporting role. Supporting character actor M. S. Narayana died after most of his portions in the film was completed. Although Srinivas decided not to delete any of his scenes, he faced a dilemma: whether to use a double or make do with what they had. After evaluating many mimics, Srinivas and Arjun reportedly decided to use Siva Reddy to flesh out Narayana's role. Sampath Raj was cast in early February 2015. "S/O Satyamurthy" was considered an image makeover for Arjun. Although his character's name (Viraj Anand)