Satyam (2003 film)

Satyam
Directed by	Surya Kiran
Written by	Surya Kiran B.V.S.Ravi
Produced by	Akkineni Nagarjuna
Starring	Sumanth Genelia D'Souza 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
Budget	₹ 3.5 crores
Box office	30 crores

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.

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

• The film ran successfully for 50-days in 163 centers, and also completed its 100-day run in over 109 centers. [1]

Soundtrack

Satyam
Film score by Chakri
Released	2003
Genre	Soundtrack
Producer	Chakri
Chakri chronology
Sivamani (2003) Satyam (2003) Toli Choopulone (2003)

Music was composed by Chakri. All songs are hit tracks.

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"	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

External links

• Satyam at IMDb