Satyam (2003 film)

Satyam
Directed by	Surya Kiran
Written by	Surya Kiran B.V.S.Ravi
Produced by	Nagarjuna
Starring	Sumanth Genelia Kota Srinivasa Rao
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	Nandamuri Hari
Music by	Chakri
Distributed by	Annapurna Studios
Release date	19 December 2003 (2003-12-19)
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

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 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 .

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 as Ankita
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Shankar
• Bramhanandam as Lingam
• Rajesh as Satish Petla
• Tanikella Bharani as Chakradhar
• Raghava Malladi as Viswanath
• Kondavalasa as Simhadri
• Varsha as Swati
• Sridhar as Prakash
• Narsing Yadav as MLA
• Duvvasi Mohan as Chakradhar's assistant
• Gautam Raju
• Kanta Rao (Cameo appearance)
• Chakri as himself (Cameo appearance)
• Raghava Lawrence as himself (Special appearance in the song "Kuch Kuch")
• Apoorva as Lingam's wife

Production

In 2000, Sumanth signed a film that was to be produced by Annapoorna Studios and directed by Ezhil. ^[3]

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"	Kandikonda	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

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Box-office

The film ran successfully for 50-days in 163 centers, and also completed its 100-day run in over 26 centers. ^[6]

References

1. "Satyam". Sify . Archived from the original on 19 May 2015.
2. "Telugu cinema Review - Sathyam - Sumanth, Genelia - Soorya Kiran - Nagarjuna Akkineni - Chakri". www.idlebrain.com. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
3. "Three cheers to Three projects: Sumanth". Idlebrain.com . 5 June 2000. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
4. "Songs Download, Telugu MP3 Songs, Raaga.com Telugu Songs". play.raaga.com. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
5. "Sathyam(2003), Telugu Movie Songs - Listen Online - CineRadham.com". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
6. "nonstopcinema.com". nonstopcinema.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

External links

• Satyam at IMDb