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{{About|the Tamil film Sathyavan||Savitri and Satyavan}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Sathyavan
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Raj Kapoor]]
| producer = B. N. S. R. P. Reddy
| screenplay = Raj Kapoor
| story = [[Vamsy]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]]|[[Gautami]]}}
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = M. Sudhakar
| editing = [[B. Lenin]]<br />[[V. T. Vijayan]]
| distributor =
| studio = N. S. R. Productions
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1994|09|09}}
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Sathyavan''''' ({{translation|Truthful man}}) is a 1994 Indian [[Tamil language]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil director)|Raj Kapoor]]. The film stars [[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]] and [[Gautami]], with [[Goundamani]], [[Senthil]], [[R. Sundarrajan]], [[Uday Prakash (actor)|Uday Prakash]], [[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]] and [[Vadivukkarasi]] playing supporting roles. It was released on 9 September 1994. The film is a remake of the Telugu film ''[[April 1 Vidudala]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sathyavan ( 1994 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=sathyavan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924141038/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=sathyavan |archive-date=24 September 2012 |access-date=9 November 2016 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref>

== Plot ==
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The film starts with the videographer Diwakar arriving late to video-shoot a marriage, where he falls in love with Bhuvaneshwari at first sight. He then gets a hold of Bhuvaneshwari's maternal uncle Anjaneya and obtains information about Bhuvaneshwari. He gathers that she respects only the people who are self-employed and straightforward. He also finds out that she is unmarried and she is about to be transferred to his village. Back to his village, Diwakar has the plan to open a video shop with his friend Mani. To secure the capital, he uses all kinds of tricks to rip off the villagers. Diwakar blackmails Bhagyam to reveal her extramarital affair to her husband. He then gets money from Kiruba, a married man who is in love with Bhagyam and promises him to join them. He even claims money from [[chit fund]] which he never was a member of. After getting enough money, he opens his video shop. He starts to sell electronic products found on the street and advertises them as new products imported from [[Dubai]].

Anjaneya writes him letters in Bhuvaneshwari's name making Diwakar assume that she is in love with him. Afterwards, Bhuvaneshwari, her mother and her bachelor uncle Anjaneya land in Diwakar's village, Diwakar arranges them a house. He learns that Bhuvaneshwari doesn't love him and he had been cheated by Anjaneya all along. Bhuvaneshwari puts forward a deal that she would marry Diwakar only if he stays out of cheating, and does not utter a lie in a month. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

== Cast ==

{{cast listing|
*[[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]] as Diwakar
*[[Gautami]] as Bhuvaneshwari
*[[Goundamani]] as Kiruba
*[[Senthil]] as Mani
*[[R. Sundarrajan]] as Anjaneya
*[[Uday Prakash (actor)|Uday Prakash]] as Gopi
*[[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]] as Moorthy
*[[Vadivukkarasi]] as Bhuvaneshwari's mother
*[[Kavitha (actress)|Kavitha]] as Diwakar's mother
*[[Rama Prabha]] as Moorthy's wife
*Sharmili as Bhagyam
*Vijaya Chandrika as Kiruba's wife
*Mahima as Ammu
*[[Typist Gopu]] as Mathrubootham
*[[Kumarimuthu]] as Kuppasamy
*[[Chelladurai]] as Ramamurthy
*Boopathi Raja as Sundar
*[[Kovai Senthil]]
*Rajkumar
*[[Chaplin Balu]] as Barber
*[[Sethu Vinayagam]] as Thangaraj
}}

== Soundtrack ==

The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], with lyrics written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sathyavaan |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/sathyavaan/baSe3KHIJ9Y_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218163442/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/sathyavaan/baSe3KHIJ9Y_ |archive-date=18 February 2023 |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
| "Yappavum Naanthaanda" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || 5:09
|-
| "Kalyaanam Kacheari" || Mano, Sundarrajan || 4:40
|-
| "Kanmani Kanmani Minnidum" || Mano, [[K. S. Chithra]] || 5:08
|-
| "Poi Sonnean Poiea Sonnean" || Mano, K. S. Chithra || 5:08
|-
| "Unnai Naan Leasa" || Mano, [[Minmini]] || 4:42
|}

== Reception ==
Malini Mannath of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' gave a negative review, criticising the slow screenplay and the performances of the actors.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=23 September 1994 |title=Truly, tiring |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940923&printsec=frontpage |access-date=9 November 2016 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=6 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0318664}}

[[Category:1994 Indian films]]
[[Category:1994 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1994 films]]
[[Category:1994 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films about con artists]]
[[Category:Films about fraud]]
[[Category:Films about photographers]]
[[Category:Films directed by Raj Kapoor (Tamil director)]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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