Sathyam (2004 film)

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Sathyam
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Directed by Vinayan
Written by Vinayan
Produced byVaisakh Rajan
Starring Prithviraj Sukumaran
Anandaraj
Thilakan
Cinematography Shaji Kumar
Edited byG. Murali
Music by M. Jayachandran
Release date
  • 27 August 2004 (2004-08-27)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget1.75 crore [1]

Sathyam (transl.Truth) is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Vinayan, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Anandaraj, Thilakan, Priyamani and Taruni Sachdev. This was Priyamani's debut film in Malayalam. This was also the last Malayalam film of Taruni Sachdev. [2] [3] [4]

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Plot

The story circles around Sanjeev Kumar who is awaiting his selection into the police force. But it was being delayed by the Police Commissioner Mambilli Mukundan Menon, who is backed up by his political and underground relationships and has a grudge against Sanjeev's father Ayyappan Nair. When things go beyond a limit, Sanjeev gets fed up, and locks up Mukundan in a secret location. Sanjeev gets selected for the police force and joins as a Sub-Inspector near his home town, and gets a lot of praise for his work in curbing crime in the city.

In the meanwhile, Mukundan manages to escape the secret location. Sanjeev manages to prove that Mukundan is insane and puts him in an asylum. But he faces many obstacles. His wife Sona and he gets shot by Mukundan's men and his younger brother Prakash during a fight when they when they were kidnapping Sona. Sanjeev kills Prakash and saves Sona. His niece Chinnukutty and Ayyappan gets kidnapped by Mukundan and his men and Mukundan kills Ayyappan. Sanjeev fights off Mukundan and his men. Sanjeev kills Mukundan and saves Chinnukutty.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains six songs, all composed by M. Jayachandran. Lyrics were by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri and S. Ramesan Nair .

#TitleSinger(s)Raga(s)
1"Be Happy Man" Jyotsna, Vijay Yesudas
2"Kaatte Kaatte" M. G. Sreekumar
3"Kaatte Kaatte" (F) Kalyani Nair
4"Kallakkurumbi" Sujatha Mohan, Baby Vidya
5"Nee En Sundari" K S Chitra,Karthik Abheri
6"Whisile Whisile"Alex Kayyalaykkal, Ganga

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