| Sathyam | |
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Vishal portrayed in Sathyam |
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| Directed by | A. Rajasekhar |
| Produced by | Vikram Krishna |
| Written by | A. Rajasekhar |
| Starring | Vishal Krishna Nayantara Upendra Brahmanandam Kota Srinivasa Rao Ali Ravi Kale Premji Amaren Livingston Senthil Sudha Chandran |
| Music by | Harris Jayaraj |
| Release date(s) | 14 August 2008 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $2 million |
Sathyam (Salute in Telugu) is a Tamil film, simultaneously shot in Telugu, directed by debutante A. Rajasekhar, an associate of Suresh Krishna.[1]. The film stars Vishal Krishna in the role of a cop for the first time. Nayantara plays the female lead role, while Upendra plays the role of the antagonist. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Harris Jeyaraj. The film released on 15 August 2008 coinciding with Independence Day to negative reviews. The film is produced by Vikram Krishna, Vishal's brother.
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Sathyam begins with Sathyam (Vishal), an assistant police commissioner rescuing a hooligan from encounter thirsty cops, only to arrest him later. He reminds his fellow cops that a cop's duty is to kill crime not criminals. Sathyam meets his first challenge in tracking a mysterious killer of three ministers. In the process, he finds the culprit Manickvel (Upendra), only to receive a rude shock to know his identity.
For, the murderer is none other than a former police officer, who inspired Sathyam to take the cop job. Revealing the reason behind his change of mind, the ex-cop says that he is on a killing spree as he failed to set right things in khakhi uniform.
Sathyam, who throws a challenge at his mentor that he would use the power of law to put the wrongdoers behind the bars, vows to throw light on the illegal activities of the Home minister (Kota Srinivasa Rao), who aims at the Chief Minister post.
In the meantime, the protagonist also has a romantic episode with Deivanayaki (Nayantara), a TV journalist. This begins with Deivanayaki suing the locality's children through their parents. The children swear vengeance through a 'gangleader' who happens to be none other than Sathyam himself. The 'gang' succeeds by making their rival a laughing stock with multiple pranks. Nevertheless the female does recognize Sathyam's tenderness at heart and falls for him. Sathyam too falls in love thereafter.
During his attempts to establish truth, Sathyam faces various troubles. He realises power may come as a hindrance in a successful cop's path to victory. However, he proves that truth alone will triumph always.
Vishal Krishna has been training hard for this role, pumping iron. He has also sported a neat short-cropped hairstyle to look like a serious law-abiding police official. This is the first time he is undergoing image makeover for a film in order not to be stereotyped as an action hero.[1] Vishal's brother, Vikram Krishna Reddy, the film's producer, has revealed that the film is about police encounters, a very prominent issue regarding the laws of India.[2] Hence, the protagonist's role runs parallel to that of Surya Sivakumar's in Kaaka Kaaka.[3]
Trisha Krishnan was originally selected to do the lead role in Sathyam.[4] Later she was removed and the selection was then between Nayantara and Shriya Saran. At last, Nayantara was selected to play the female lead.[5]
| Actor | Role |
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| Vishal | Sathyam |
| Upendra | Manickvel |
| Nayantara | Deivanayaki |
| Sudha Chandran | |
| Premji Amaren | |
| Kota Srinivasa Rao | |
| Senthil | Paneerselvam |
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| Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj | ||||
| Released | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Harris Jayaraj chronology | ||||
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The film has five songs composed by Harris Jayaraj. This is Harris Jayaraj's 25th album. The soundtrack received mostly average reviews as did the background score and was rated as merely mediocre and average. However the song Chellame Chellame was stylishly composed and became a chartbuster[6][7]
| Song title | Singers |
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| Aaradi Kaathe | Hariharan |
| Ada Gada Gada | Premji Amaren |
| Chellame Chellame | Balram, Bombay Jayashree, Sunitha Sarathy |
| En Anbe | Sadhana Sargam, Benny Dayal |
| Paal Pappaali | Naveen, Mahathi |