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. The film received positive reviews 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 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) Raghava Lawrence as himself (Special appearance in 'Kuch Kuch' song)
Box-office
The film ran successfully for 50-days in 163 centers, and also completed its 100-day run in over 26 centers.
Soundtrack
Music was composed by Chakri.