Satya (film)

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Satya
Movie poster for Satya
Directed by	Ram Gopal Verma
Produced by	Ram Gopal Verma & Bharat Shah
Written by	Anurag Kasyap
Starring	J.D Chakravarthy Manoj Bajpai Urmila Matondkar
Music by	Vishal Bharadwaj
Release date(s)	July 3, 1998
Running time	171 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi, Telugu
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Satya is a 1998 Hindi movie, directed by Ram Gopal Varma. It was released on July 3rd, 1998 and dubbed in Telugu with the same name. It tells the story of Satyanarayan (Satya), who is inducted into the Mumbai underworld when he comes to Mumbai seeking his fortune. The film is acclaimed to be Ram Gopal Varma's best film.

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[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A young man named Satya (J.D Chakravarthy) comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre (Manoj Bajpai)in jail and joins his gang.

He lives in a poor neighborhood, where he meets, Vidya (Urmila Matondkar), who lives next door. She not aware of his underworld connections. Satya slowly rises up the ranks of his gang, and becomes the most influential person. Satya is torn between his girlfriend and his gangster life. Eventually he decides to quit the underworld, marry, and move to Dubai to start a new life.

But before he can do so, gangster feuding and local politics catch up with him. He is involved in a gun battle, is heavily injured, escapes, and makes his way to his girlfriend’s door. He is gunned down by police on her doorstep

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[edit] Music

The soundtrack of the film features music directed by Vishal Bharadwaj and background score by Sandeep Chowta which is the norm in most Ram Gopal Verma films