Satyam (2003 film)

Satyam
File:Satyam telugu.jpg
Directed by	Surya Kiran
Produced by	Nagarjuna
Written by	Surya Kiran B.V.S.Ravi
Starring	Sumanth Genelia D'Souza Kota Srinivasa Rao
Music by	Chakri
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	Nandamuri Hari
Distributed by	Annapurna Studios
Release date	19 December 2003 (2003-12-19)
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹ 3.5 crores
Box office	30 crores

Satyam is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by debutant Surya Kiran and produced by actor Nagarjuna under Annapurna Studios banner. The film stars Sumanth and Genelia D'Souza in lead roles. The film received positive reviews and was very successful at the box-office. Released on 19 December 2003, it was one of the biggest box-office successes in Sumanth's career and it was also Genelia's debut in Telugu cinema. Chakri won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu. It was remade in Bengali as Shakti.

Plot

Satyam is an aspiring songwriter who inadvertently gets misunderstood both by his father Vishwanath and his love interest Ankita. He ghostwrites for a selfish and popular film lyricist. He decides to prove himself as an independent songwriter before expressing his love to Ankita. In the meantime, a classmate of Ankita proposes to her. Through all of this, Ankita's father Shankar, unexpectedly befriends Satyam without his daughter's knowledge. Satyam eventually overcomes his obstacles and succeeds in reconciling with his father and Ankita.

Cast

• Sumanth as Satyam
• Genelia D'Souza as Ankita
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Shankar
• Bramhanandam as Lingam
• Rajesh as Satish Petla
• Tanikella Bharani as Chakradhar
• Raghava Malladi as Vishwanath
• Kondavalasa as Simhadri
• Varsha as Swati
• Sridhar as Prakash
• Narsing Yadav as MLA
• Duvvasi Mohan as Chakradhar's assistant
• Kanta Rao (Cameo appearance)
• Chakri as himself (Cameo appearance)
• Lawrence Raghavendra (Cameo appearance)

Box-office

• The film ran successfully for 50-days in 163 centers, and also completed its 100-day run in over 26 centers. [1]

Soundtrack

Satyam
Film score by Chakri
Released	2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	26:35
Producer	Chakri
Chakri chronology
Sivamani (2003) Satyam (2003) Toli Choopulone (2003)

Music was composed by Chakri.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"O Maguva"	Bhaskarabhatla	Chakri	5:57
2.	"Kuch Kuch"	Viswa	Viswa, Kousalya	5:24
3.	"Mokka Jonna"	Rajesh, Venkata Ramana	Venkata Ramana, Surya Kiran	2:46
4.	"Madhurame Madhurame"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Shankar Mahadevan	4:38
5.	"I Am in Love"	Kandikonda	Venu	5:39
6.	"Pilichina Palakadu Prema"	Kandikonda	Ravi Varma, Chakri	5:18
7.	"Ori Devuda"	Kandikonda	Vasu, Surya Kiran	5:18
Total length:				26:35

External links

• Satyam on IMDb