Sathya (1988 film)

Sathya
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Directed by	Suresh Krishna
Produced by	Kamal Haasan
Written by	Javed Akthar
Starring	Kamal Haasan Amala Rajesh Nassar Kitty
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	S.M Anwar
Editing by	B.Lenin, V.T Vijayan
Studio	Rajkamal Film International
Distributed by	Pyramid Saimira
Release date(s)	1988
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Sathya is a critically acclaimed 1988 Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist, with the female lead played by Amala. This is the first directional venture for director Suresh Krishna, who was previously associate director for K.Balachander in films such as Punnagai Mannan and Sindhu Bhairavi. Sathya is basically the story of one man who wants to make a difference and ends up becoming a henchman to a political leader who has his own agenda. The movie is an effective commentary on the sorry state of such unemployed youngsters and the resulting unwilling choices they have to make to earn money. It clearly shows us how the youth, in their time of need, become willing toys in the hands of the people with the money to hire them.

Plot

Sathyamurthy(Kamalhassan) is an educated but unemployed youngster, dividing his time between hanging around with his friends and being verbally abused by his stepmother. Since he is jobless and often verbally abused by his stepmother, he along with his friends started dealing with the problems around them. a subsequent clash with a local rowdy brings Sathya to the attention of Dhandapani(Kitty), a rich philanthropist. So Sathya becomes his right-hand man, carrying out his orders while Dhandapani uses Sathya as his weapon in the political war he is carrying on with Mariappan(Rajesh), the local MLA.

Kitty has given a nuanced performance. the plot deals with how unemployed youths, like sathya, are used by politicians for their advantage and are later thrown into dust bin.

the script is rivetting, with the lead actors giving well-calibrated nuanced performances. Dhandapani is a cunning politician who uses sathya to get a "file" from mariyappa's den. the file contains the secrets of mariappa.

Trivia

• Sathya is Kamal Haasan's 3rd home production after Raja Parvai (1981) and Vikram (1986)
• Kitty's voice was dubbed by famous singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
• Actor Anand who latter become famous through Mani Rathnam's Thiruda Thiruda, appeared as Kamal's friend.
• Vikram Dharma was introduced as stunt master through this film.
• Vaali (poet) cameo's in one song sequence as ally of MLA Mariappan (Rajesh).
• The famous song 'Valayosai' (sung by S.P.B and Lata Mangeshkar)was parodied by comedian Vivek in 2003 film Parthiban Kanavu.
• Sathya together with Kamal's another film Nayagan served as basis for gangster film genre in the early 90's.
• This film was a super hit at the box office. This film completed 150days.

Soundtrack

Lyrics by Vaali_(poet)

Song	Singer
Potta Padiyudhu	Kamal Hassan
Nagaru Nagaru	Malaysia Vasudevan, Lata Mangeshkar
Valaiosai	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Lata Mangeshkar
Eley Tamizha	-

External links

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320421/
• http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/bbreviews/rewind/sathya.html&date=2009-10-25+13:19:50