Satyam (2003 film)

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Satyam
Satyam telugu.jpg
Directed by Surya Kiran
Written bySurya Kiran
B.V.S.Ravi
Produced by Nagarjuna
Starring Sumanth
Genelia D'Souza
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Cinematography Sameer Reddy
Edited byNandamuri Hari
Music by Chakri
Distributed by Annapurna Studios
Release date
  • 19 December 2003 (2003-12-19)
Running time
144 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

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. [1] The film received positive reviews [2] 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 language as Shakti .

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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

Box-office

Soundtrack

Satyam
Film score by
Released2003
Recorded2003
Genre Soundtrack
Length26:35
Producer Chakri
Chakri chronology
Sivamani
(2003)
Satyam
(2003)
Toli Choopulone
(2003)

Music was composed by Chakri.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."O Maguva"Bhaskarabhatla Chakri 5:57
2."Kuch Kuch"ViswaViswa, Kousalya 5:24
3."Mokka Jonna"Rajesh, Venkata RamanaVenkata Ramana, Surya Kiran2:46
4."Madhurame Madhurame" Kandikonda Shankar Mahadevan 4:38
5."I Am in Love" Kandikonda Venu5:39
6."Pilichina Palakadu Prema"KandikondaRavi Varma, Chakri5:18
7."Ori Devuda"KandikondaVasu, Surya Kiran5:18
Total length:26:35

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