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 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹ 3.5 crores |
| Box office | 30 crores |
Plot
Satyam (Sumanth) is an aspiring songwriter who inadvertently gets misunderstood both by his father Vishwanath (Malladi Raghava) and his love interest Ankita (Genelia D'Souza). 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 (Kota Srinivasa Rao), 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 performance
Soundtrack
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| Released | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Producer | Chakri | |||
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Music was 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 | |||
