| Satyam Shivam Sundaram | |
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| Directed by | Raj Kapoor |
| Produced by | Raj Kapoor |
| Written by | Jainendra Jain |
| Narrated by | Raj Kapoor |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Zeenat Aman |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Radhu Karmakar |
| Editing by | Raj Kapoor |
| Studio | R. K. Studios Raj-Baug Loni |
| Distributed by | Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | 22 March 1978 |
| Running time | 172 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Truth is Eternal and Beautiful) is an Indian film. Satyam means Truth, Shivam can refer to either Lord Shiva or Eternal and Sundaram means Beautiful.
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The movie is set in a village where Roopa, played by Zeenat Aman, lives with her father. As a young child, Roopa's right cheek was burned by a pot of oil, leaving part of her face disfigured. Henceforth, Roopa keeps her right cheek hidden under the cover of her Sari. Despite the terrible accident, Roopa remains religious and goes to the village Hindu temple daily, singing hymns and devotional songs.
The hero Ranjeet, played by Shashi Kapoor, is an engineer who arrives in the village to oversee the construction of a major dam. He suffers from a fear of ugliness (cacophobia). He sees Roopa at night and, failing to see her disfigured side, falls in love with her, asking her father permission to marry her.
After the wedding, the hero discovers the truth, at which point he disowns her and drives her out of the house. Roopa seduces him, meeting him at night, using a veil to hide the charred side of her face, and luring him with her voice. They eventually make love and she becomes pregnant. When the hero is told of the pregnancy, he refuses to believe that he could be the father. In the movie's climactic scene, a terrible storm ravages the village. In the swirling waters of the flood, the hero overcomes his fear of ugliness and saves Roopa from drowning.
Laxmikant-Pyarelal's music won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award. Lata Mangeshkar lends her voice to the main theme song "Satyam Shivam Sundaram", which was among the chart-toppers of the year.
Various recent music groups from both India and the United States, such as Thievery Corporation and Sheila Chandra, have re-done the theme song from the movie. Also, many variations of the song have been made (e.g. the original version is considered, in Indian music, a Bhajan, but Lata Mangeshkar has also made a bhangra-like version, a different style).
| Song | Singers | Lyricist | Time |
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| "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" | Lata Mangeshkar | Pandit Narendra Sharma | 5:05 |
| "Bhor Bhaye Panghat Pe" | Lata Mangeshkar | Anand Bakshi | 5:30 |
| "Woh Aurat Hai Too Mehbooba" | Nitin Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar |
Anand Bakshi | 5:00 |
| "Chanchal Sheetal Nirmal Komal" | Mukesh | Anand Bakshi | 5:50 |
| "Saiyan Nikas Gaye" | Lata Mangeshkar, Bhupinder |
Vitalbhai Patel | 4:45 |
| "Suni Jo Unke Aane Ki Aahat" | Lata Mangeshkar | Pandit Narendra Sharma | 3:20 |
| "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" | Lata Mangeshkar | Pandit Narendra Sharma | 6:15 |
| "Yashomati Maiya Se Bole Nandlala" | Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey | Pandit Narendra Sharma | 3:45 |
| "Yashomati Maiya Se Bole Nandlala" | Lata Mangeshkar | Pandit Narendra Sharma | 3:10 |
| "Shree Radha Mohan Shyam Shobhan" | Manna Dey | Pandit Narendra Sharma | 2:50 |
| "Shri Radhamohan" | Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey |
Pandit Narendra Sharma | 2:55 |
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