imported>FULBERT: Reverted edits by 103.160.194.169 (talk) to last revision by 116.68.74.219: nonconstructive edits

2021-08-17T11:17:21Z

Reverted edits by 103.160.194.169 (talk) to last revision by 116.68.74.219: nonconstructive edits

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
|name = Satyam
|image = Sathyam Poster.jpg
|caption = Theatrical release poster of Tamil version
|director =A. R. Rajasekar
| writer = A. R. Rajasekar
|starring = [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]]<br>[[Nayantara]]<br>[[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]
|producer = [[Vikram Krishna]]
|music = [[Harris Jayaraj]]
|cinematography = [[R. D. Rajasekhar]]
|editing = [[Anthony (editor)|Anthony]]
|studio =[[Vikram Krishna|GK Film Corporation]]
| distributor =GK Film Corporation
|released = {{Film date|2008|08|15|df=y}}
|runtime = 183 minutes
|country = India
|language = Tamil<br/>Telugu
|budget = {{INR}}40 crore<ref>[http://www.sify.com/movies/vishal-nayan-in-sathyam-imagegallery-21-movies-jdwmRqjehhjsi.html Sathyam budget was 27 crore]</ref>
|gross =
}}

'''''Satyam''''' (English: Truth) is a 2008 Indian [[action film]] written and directed by debutante A. Rajasekhar (an associate of [[Suresh Krissna]]) in his directorial debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popcorn.oneindia.in/regional/telugu/top-stories/vishal-desanikokkadu-111206.html|title=Top Stories: Vishal Desanikokkadu|website=[[Oneindia]]|accessdate=19 June 2013}} {{Dead link|date=March 2016}}</ref> The film stars [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] in the role of a cop for the first time. [[Nayantara]] plays the female lead role, while [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] actor [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] plays the support male lead role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Role-call/article15399209.ece|title=Role call|date=11 July 2008|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> The film was simultaneously shot in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''Satyam'' and in Telugu as '''''Salute'''''. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by [[Harris Jayaraj]]. The film released on 14 August 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/14sss.htm|author=Pavithra Srinivasan|title=No good, not good at all|website=[[Rediff.com]]|date=14 August 2008|accessdate=19 June 2013}}</ref> The film was produced by [[Vikram Krishna]], Vishal's brother.

==Plot==
Satyam begins with Sathyam ([[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]]), an assistant police commissioner rescuing a hooligan from encounter thirsty cops, only to arrest him later. He reminds his fellow cops that a cop's duty is to kill crime not criminals. Sathyam meets his first challenge in tracking a mysterious killer of three ministers. In the process, he finds the culprit Manickvel ([[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]), only to receive a rude shock to know his identity. The murderer is none other than a former police officer, who inspired Sathyam to take the cop job. Revealing the reason behind his change of mind, the ex-cop says that he is on a killing spree as he failed to set right things in khakhi uniform.

Sathyam, who throws a challenge at his mentor that he would use the power of law to put the wrongdoers behind the bars, vows to throw light on the illegal activities of the Home minister ([[Kota Srinivasa Rao]]), who aims at the Chief Minister post.

In the meantime, he also has a romantic episode with Deivanayaki ([[Nayantara]]), a TV journalist. This begins with Deivanayaki suing the locality's children through their parents. The children swear vengeance through a 'gangleader' who happens to be none other than Sathyam himself. The 'gang' succeeds by making their rival a laughing stock with multiple pranks. Annoyance turns to love as Deiva and Satyam get to know each other better.

During his attempts to establish truth, Sathyam faces various troubles. The Minister's proxies give him various troubles by killing children by offering them ice creams laced with drugs to eat and killing his mother. When Satyam arrests Acharya, the Minister's proxy, and takes him to court, the Minister's henchmen attack him while driving and Satyam is stabbed. Thillanayagam, the other proxy, shoots Acharya and blames Sathyam. Sathyam performs his mother's funeral rites and is suspended from the force and jailed. Manickvel, to be released the next day, feels for Sathyam and laments his loss in the jail. Thillanayagam runs for MLA with the Minister's support so that he cannot be harmed by Sathyam. He gloats to Sathyam at the jail about his newfound power and challenges Sathyam's honor and dignity. At a public rally for Thillanayagam's candidature, the Minister openly challenges and insults Sathyam, who is released from jail by a sympathetic officer and coming to disrupt the public rally. Manickvel stands in the corner aiming to kill Thillanayagam and the Minister. Sathyam arrives and exposes the Minister and his proxy by shooting them and forcing them to confess the truth about the Minister's intentions and the death of the proxy. Thillanayagam reveals everything about himself, Acharya, and the Minister. While lamenting the situation he is in and calling for reform, Sathyam is shot by the Minister's henchman and questions the honesty and trust his people and fellow officers have in him. Manickvel arrives on the scene and salutes Sathyam, with other officers following suit. A newscast is shown with the Minister and Thillanayagam being arrested and Sathyam is reinstated. Sathyam is promoted to Deputy Commissioner by the Chief Minister and marries Deivanayaki, and the credits roll.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] as ACP Sathyam IPS
*[[Nayantara]] as Deivanayaki alias Deiva (Tamil) / Divya (Telugu)
*[[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] as Inspector Manickvel (Tamil) / Inspector Prathap Rudhra (Telugu) (voice dubbed by Ravishankar)
*[[Sudha Chandran]] as Sathyam's mother
*[[Premji Amaren|Premji]] (Tamil) / [[Ali (actor)|Ali]] (Telugu) as Bora, Deiva / Divya's assistant
*[[Brahmanandam]] as Transport Office Broker
*[[Senthil]] as N. Paneerselvam
*[[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Home Minister Kondal Dhasan (Tamil) / Home Minister Kondal Rao (Telugu)
*[[Ravi Kale]] as Dilli (Thillainayagam (Tamil) / Tillakonda (Telugu))
*[[Tanikella Bharani]] as Doctor and Deiva / Divya's father
*[[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]] as Politician
*[[Krishna Kumar (actor)|Krishna Kumar]] as Police Officer Mohammed
* Prabhu Nepaul as Acharya, Kondal Dhasan / Kondal Rao's goon
*[[Hema (actress)|Hema]] as Deiva / Divya's mother
* [[Venba (actress)|Venba]] as Venba
*Baby Varsha as Varsha
*[[Aadukalam Naren|Naren]] as Goon
{{colend}}

==Production==

===Development===
[[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] trained hard for this role, pumping iron and sported a six pack, which he maintains in his subsequent films as of date. He has also sported a neat short-cropped hairstyle to look like a serious law-abiding police official. This is the first time he is undergoing image makeover for a film in order not to be stereotyped as an action hero.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/tamil/3895/|date=27 July 2008|title=Vishal thinks love is in the hair|work=Music India Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209011502/http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/tamil/3895/ |archive-date=9 December 2008 }}</ref>
Vishal's brother, Vikram Krishna Reddy, the film's producer, has revealed that the film is about police encounters, a very prominent issue regarding the laws of India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vishal to make debut in Telugu |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/26707.html |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=8 November 2006 |accessdate=27 July 2008 |archivedate=9 December 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209003055/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/26707.html |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> Hence, the protagonist's role runs parallel to that of [[Surya Sivakumar]]'s in ''[[Kaaka Kaaka]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popcorn.oneindia.in/regional/tamil/top-stories/vishal-sathyam-131206.html|title=Satyam|website=Oneindia|date=13 December 2006|accessdate=27 July 2008}} {{Dead link|date=March 2016}}</ref>
The film was touted to be a bilingual with the Telugu version titled ''Salute''. Each scene was shot twice as Vishal had to wear a Tamil Nadu police uniform for the Tamil version and an Andhra Pradesh police uniform for the Telugu version.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/The-truth-about-Sathyam/articleshow/3265090.cms|title=The truth about Sathyam|date=23 July 2008|author=Manigandan KR|accessdate=16 November 2019|work=Times of India}}</ref>

===Casting===
[[Trisha Krishnan]] was originally selected to do the lead role in ''Sathyam''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/trisha-in-vishals-movie-telugu-news-28645.html|title=Trisha in Vishal's movie|publisher=IndiaGlitz|date=22 January 2007|accessdate=2 April 2016}}</ref> Later she was removed and the selection was then between [[Nayantara]] and [[Shriya Saran]]. At last, [[Nayantara]] was selected to play the female lead .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/31268.html|title=Nayantara makes hay|date=22 May 2007|accessdate=27 July 2008}}</ref> The film marked the debut of Kannada actor [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] in Tamil cinema.

===Filming===
During the production of the film, lighting was an issue during the action sequences and the song "Chellamae".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Chellame-was-a-toughie/articleshow/3342757.cms|title='Chellame was a toughie' - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Music==
The film has five songs composed by [[Harris Jayaraj]], "Sathyam" was his 25th film as music director. Lyrics are penned by [[Pa. Vijay]], [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]] & [[Yugabharathi]]. The soundtrack received generally positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spontic.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/sathyam-music-review/|title=Sathyam – Music Review|publisher=Spontic|date=20 July 2008|accessdate=8 April 2012}}</ref> IndiaGlitz described the album as "catchy" and stated that "Harris has given his heart out to package it with the right mix of songs. With good vocals and perfect rhythms, Sathyam songs would be remembered by music-lovers for a long time to come. Sathyam is one more jewel in Harris's crown".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/musicreview/9451.html |title=Satyam — Yet another stunner from Harris Jayaraj |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=28 July 2008 |accessdate=8 April 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809234921/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/musicreview/9451.html |archivedate=9 August 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> Behindwoods mentioned that "Harris Jayaraj has not disappointed us here. But at the same time there’s nothing that sweeps us off our feet too."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-music-reviews/review-1/satyam-music-review.html|author=Malathy Sunderam|title=Sathyam – Music Review|website=Behindwoods|accessdate=8 April 2012}}</ref>
{{Infobox album
| name = Sathyam
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Harris Jayaraj]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2008
| recorded = 2008
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 27:48
| label = Ayngaran Music<br>An Ak Audio
| language = [[Tamil (language)|Tamil]]
| producer = [[Harris Jayaraj]]
| prev_title = [[Bheema]]
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = [[Dham Dhoom]]
| next_year = 2008
}}
{{tracklist|
|extra_column=Singer(s)
|headline = Track-List<ref>{{cite web |title=Wynk Music {{!}} Play to Hindi, English, Punjabi, Old, New, Bollywood songs & more |url=https://wynk.in/music/album/sathyam/pp_700729004357?page=0 |website=wynk.in |accessdate=4 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
|total_length=27:48
|title1=Aaradi Kaathe|extra1=[[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]| lyrics1 = [[Pa.Vijay]]|length1= 4:46
|title2=Ada Gada Gada|extra2=[[Premji Amaren]]| lyrics2 = Pa.Vijay|length2=5:02
|title3=Chellame Chellame|extra3=Balram, [[Bombay Jayashree]], [[Sunitha Sarathy]]| lyrics3 = [[Yugabharathi]]|length3=6:04
|title4=En Anbe|extra4=[[Sadhana Sargam]], [[Benny Dayal]] | lyrics4 = [[Yugabharathi]]|length4=6:07
|title5=Paal Pappaali|extra5=[[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]], Naveen, Mahathi| lyrics5 = [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]]|length5=5:49
}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Salute
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Harris Jayaraj]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2008
| recorded = 2008
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 27:39
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| language = [[Telugu (language)|Telugu]]
| producer = [[Harris Jayaraj]]
}}
{{tracklist|
|extra_column=Singer(s)
|headline = Telugu Track-List<ref>{{cite web |title=Salute |url=https://mio.to/album/Salute+%282008%29 |accessdate=4 November 2018}}</ref>
|total_length=27:39
|title1=Nammara Nestham|extra1=Hariharan | lyrics1 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]|length1= 4:45
|title2=Ada Gada Gada|extra2=Premji Amaren| lyrics2 =[[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]|length2=5:02
|title3=Muddula Muddula.|extra3=Balram, Bombay Jayashree, Sunitha Sarathy| lyrics3 = Sahithi|length3=6:00
|title4=Ninnena Nenu|extra4=Sadhana Sargam, Benny Dayal | lyrics4 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry|length4=6:06
|title5=Endammaya|extra5=Naveen, [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]] | lyrics5 = Sahithi|length5=5:46
}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1582597}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sathyam (2008 Film)}}
[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Harris Jayaraj]]
[[Category:Masala films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Andhra Pradesh Police]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Turkey]]
[[Category:Films shot in Chennai]]
[[Category:Films shot in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Films set in Chennai]]
[[Category:Films set in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:2000s multilingual films]]
[[Category:2008 action films]]
[[Category:2008 directorial debut films]]

Satyam (2008 film) - Revision history

imported>FULBERT: Reverted edits by 103.160.194.169 (talk) to last revision by 116.68.74.219: nonconstructive edits