Satyam (2003 film)
Satyam is a 2003 Telugu romantic drama directed by debutant Surya Kiran. The film stars Sumanth and Genelia D'Souza and was very successful at the box-office. Released in December 2003, it is one of the biggest hits in Sumanth's career. It was also Genelia's debut Telugu film. It was produced by the noted film star and Sumanth's uncle Akkineni Nagarjuna under the Annapurna Studios banner. Chakri won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu. It was remade in Bengali as Shakti
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| Directed by | Surya Kiran |
| Produced by | Akkineni 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 |
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Running time | 144 mins |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹ 3.5 crores |
Plot
Satyam (Sumanth) is an aspiring lyric writer who has a knack for inadvertently getting misunderstood by his father (Malladi Raghava) and his love interest Ankita (Genelia D'Souza). He ghost-writes for a popular film lyricist. He decides to prove himself as a self standing lyricist before expressing his love for Ankita. In the meantime, a classmate of Ankita proposes to her. The movie then witnesses a turn of events which involve Ankita's father (Kota Srinivas Rao,) who unknowing to Satyam, becomes a good friend of the latter. How Satyam overcomes his obstacles and finally succeeds in reconciliation with his father and Ankita forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Sumanth as Satyam
- Genelia D'Souza as Ankita
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Shankar
- Bramhanandam as Lingam
- Rajesh as Satyam's friend
- Tanikella Bharani as Chakradhar
- Kondavalasa as Simhadri
- Sridhar as Prakash
- Varsha as Swati
- Raghava Malladi as Vishwanath
- Narsing Yadav as M. L. A.
- Duvvasi Mohan as Chakradhar's assistant
- Kanta Rao (Cameo appearance)
- Chakri as himself (Cameo appearance)
- Lawrence Raghavendra (Cameo appearance)
Box-office performance
Soundtrack
| Satyam | ||||
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| Film score by Chakri | ||||
| Released | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Producer | Chakri | |||
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Music composed by Chakri. All songs are hit tracks.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 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 | |||