Satya (1998)
Satya (1998)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
J. D. Chakravarthi
Satya
Manoj Bajpayee
Bhiku Mhatre
Urmila Matondkar
Vidya
Paresh Rawal
Commissoner. Amod Shukla
Saurabh Shukla
Kallu Mama
Govind Namdeo
Bhau Thakurdas Jhawle
Makrand Deshpande
Advocate Chandrakant Mule
Jeeva
Jagga
Shefali Shah
Pyaari Mhatre
Raju Mavani
Guru
Neeraj Vora
Music Dir. Romu Saagar
Aditya Srivastava
Inspector Khandilkar
Ram Gopal Varma
Director
Sushant Singh
Pakya
Sanjay Mishra
Vitthal Manjrekar
Anurag Kashyap
Writer
Manoj Pahwa
Horse Stable Owner
Kona Venkat
Writer
Rajeev Mehta
Lawyer
Snehal Dabi
Chander Krishnakant
Sandeep Chowta
Composer
Rajesh Joshi
Bappu
Gerard Hooper
Cinematographer
Saabir
Yeda
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 3, 1998
Original Nameसत्या
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 50m
Budget$310,000
Box Office$2,300,000
Genres
Wiki.
Satya (transl. Truth) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language crime film, produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma; written by Saurabh Shukla and Anurag Kashyap. It stars Urmila Matondkar, J. D. Chakravarthy and Manoj Bajpayee, alongside Saurabh Shukla, Aditya Shrivastava and Paresh Rawal. It is the first of Varma's Gangster trilogy about organised crime in India. The film follows Satya (Chakravarthy), an immigrant who comes to Mumbai looking for a job, befriends Bhiku Mhatre (Bajpayee) and is drawn into the Mumbai underworld.
Varma, initially planned to make an action film, but decided to make a film focusing on felonies after meeting some criminals. He hired Kashyap and Shukla to write the film, and opted to use lesser-known actors. The soundtrack and score were composed by Vishal Bhardwaj and Sandeep Chowta, respectively, while the lyrics were written by Gulzar. Its early cinematography was done by Gerard Hooper, who was replaced by Mazhar Kamran. The film was shot in Mumbai on a budget of ₹2.5 crore (US$310,000).Satya was released on 3 July 1998 to critical acclaim, particularly for its realistic depiction of the Indian underworld. It was a commercial success, grossing ₹15 crore (US$1.9 million), and helped launch a number of careers (especially for Kashyap and Bajpayee). The film won six Filmfare Awards and a National Film Award. Over the years, Satya has been regarded as a cult film, and is considered one of the greatest films ever made by a number of critics and scholars in Indian cinema. Film critic Rajeev Masand called it one of the most influential films of the past ten years. It inspired several sequels like Company (2002) and D (2005), and a direct sequel, Satya 2 (2013).