Portia (The Merchant of Venice) play, she disguises herself as a man, then assumes the role of a lawyer's apprentice (named Balthazar) whereby she saves the life of Bassanio's friend, Antonio, in court. In the court scenes, Portia finds a technicality in the bond, thereby outwitting Shylock and saving Antonio's life when everyone else including Antonio fails. It is Portia who delivers one of the most famous speeches in "The Merchant of Venice": Despite Portia's lack of formal legal training, she wins her case by referring to the details of the exact language of the law. Her success involves prevailing on technicalities rather than the
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)