An innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.An innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.An innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.
- Awards
- 12 wins & 6 nominations
J.D. Chakravarthi
- Satya
- (as Chakravarty)
Manoj Bajpayee
- Bhiku Mhatre
- (as Manoj Bajpai)
Govind Namdeo
- Bhau Thakurdas Jhawle
- (as Govind Namdev)
Makrand Deshpande
- Advocate Chandrakant Mule
- (as Makarand Deshpande)
Shefali Shah
- Pyaari Mhatre
- (as Shefali Chhaya)
Raju Mavani
- Guru
- (as Raju Mawani)
Rajesh Joshi
- Bappu
- (as Late Rajesh Joshi)
Snehal Dabi
- Chander Krishnakant
- (as Snehal)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaBritish director Danny Boyle watched Satya and Company (2002) to understand the true color of Mumbai before he started filming his acclaimed film Slumdog Millionaire. He acknowledged this in a TV interview.
- GoofsJust after the interval there are newspaper clippings shown, one of which says "Guru Narayan Gunned Down, Gang Rivalary Suspected". The spelling of the word 'rivalry' is misspelled here.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Thakshak (1999)
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One of the most intelligent movies ever made about gangsters
SATYA stands out from the normal Bollywood romance fair, being a rather dark and gritty look at the crime underworld of Mumbai. The movie follows the fortunes of a guy called Satya (lit: "Truth") in the underworld, and the subtle script explores the theme with a lot of depth.
Satya himself is a wonderful character, one of my favourite screen characters ever in fact. Part of this is due to his fantastic beard, but the depth and humanity his character and the performance of J.D.Chakravarti have contribute a lot too.
The script and direction of SATYA show a sharpness that cuts to the core of its subject matter in a way that the song and dance routines of the blockbuster movies from any country do. The 3 hour running time allows it to develop and nurture its themes very thoroughly. The result is one of the most palpably intelligent movies ever made about gangsters.
This is no romanticised "cool of the killer" type movie, it's a pretty honest and thought provoking look at a lifestyle that hopefully nobody reading this has direct involvement with.
Strong recommendation to see!
Satya himself is a wonderful character, one of my favourite screen characters ever in fact. Part of this is due to his fantastic beard, but the depth and humanity his character and the performance of J.D.Chakravarti have contribute a lot too.
The script and direction of SATYA show a sharpness that cuts to the core of its subject matter in a way that the song and dance routines of the blockbuster movies from any country do. The 3 hour running time allows it to develop and nurture its themes very thoroughly. The result is one of the most palpably intelligent movies ever made about gangsters.
This is no romanticised "cool of the killer" type movie, it's a pretty honest and thought provoking look at a lifestyle that hopefully nobody reading this has direct involvement with.
Strong recommendation to see!
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- May 12, 2002
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- Runtime2 hours 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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