Satya in Love
Satya In Love (Kannada: ಸತ್ಯ ಇನ್ ಲವ್) is a 2008 Indian Kannada film directed by Raghav Loki and produced by T.N. Ramesh under Ananya Enterprises. Music is composed by Gurukiran. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar and Genelia D'Souza in the lead roles. The movie was released in one hundred theatres.[1]
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Directed by | Raghav Loki Marasur |
Written by | Malavalli Saikrishna (Dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Raghav Loki Marasur |
Story by | Raghav Loki Marasur |
Produced by | T. N. Ramesh |
Starring | Shiva Rajkumar Genelia D' Souza |
Cinematography | M. R. Seenu |
Edited by | Shyam Yadav |
Music by | Gurukiran |
Production company | Ananya Enterprises |
Distributed by | Ramu Enterprises |
Release date | 28 March 2008 |
Running time | 151 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Kannada |
Plot
Satya falls in love with Veda when he chances upon her nursing a stranger who had a seizure. Veda vanishes into a crowd and Satya goes in search of her. He learns that she lives in Kurnool with her father Ranga Reddy, a terror in the region. Satya goes to Reddy's house but is beaten by henchmen. Veda is surprised to see Satya as she has never seen him before.
Cast
- Shiva Rajkumar as Satya
- Genelia D'Souza as Veda
- Ramanithu Chaudhary
- Vinaya Prasad
- Pavithra Lokesh
- Sangeetha
- Baby Apoorva
- Srinath
- Komal
- Bullet Prakash
- Prathap
- Vijaykashi
- Jayaprakash Reddy as Ranga Reddy, Veda's father (Telugu factionist)
- M. S. Narayana
- Subbaraju as Veda's elder brother (Telugu factionist)
- Sanjay Jayaraman
Crew
- Director – Raghav Loki
- Producer – T.N. Ramesh
- Cinematography – M.R. Seenu
- Lyrics – Hrudaya Shiva, Kaviraj, V.Manohar and Malavalli Saikrishna
- Music – Gurukiran
- Singers – Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Shankar Mahadevan, Gurukiran, Chitra KS, Karthik, Rajesh Krishnan, and Sisili.
- Screenplay – Raghav Loki
- Story – Raghav Loki
- Dialogues – Malavalli Sai Krishna
- Art – Ismail
- Editor – Shyam
- Co-Directors – Prabhakar, Kantharaj, Naveen and Venkatesh
- Stunts – Ravi Verma, Peter Hein
- Choreography – Laurence, Janardhan
Production
Satya In Love is the first Kannada film to employ 4K digital intermediate technology.[2]
Reception
Satya In Love opened to extremely positive reviews. Times of India gave 3 stars out of 5. Deccan Herald also praised the film.[3] However, a major criticism about the movie is the extremely high usage of Telugu language in most parts of the film, which is understood by only very few people in Karnataka.[4]
The film opened to record-breaking collections and was the first Kannada film to simultaneously release across India in places like TN, AP, Maharashtra, Goa and Delhi.
Satya In Love grossed 4 crores in the opening weekend, which is a new record.[5] The movie completed 50 days in 19 centers and 100 days in 3 centers Bangalore, Hubli and Belgaum.
The film has been dubbed into Telugu and is expected to be released shortly.
Music
The official soundtrack contains eight songs with one theme song. Released on 14 February 2008,[6] Satya In Love's soundtrack was composed by Gurukiran while lyrics were penned by four different lyricists: Hrudaya Shiva, Kaviraj, V. Manohar and Malavalli Saikrishna. The audio released on Valentine's Day at a Bangalore Hotel in a grand fashion.[7]
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 14 February 2008 (music launch) 14 February 2008 (CD release) | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 41:50 | |||
Label | Skanda Audio | |||
Producer | T.N.Ramesh | |||
Gurukiran chronology | ||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Satya Is In Love (Sereyadenu)" | Hrudaya Shiva | Kumar Sanu | 04:52 |
2. | "Nodalavalu Lovely" | V. Manohar | Gurukiran | 04:48 |
3. | "Banda Kole Basava" | Malavalli Saikrishna | Shankar Mahadevan | 04:25 |
4. | "Taane Tantaane" | Kaviraj | Karthik | 05:30 |
5. | "Rama Srirama" | Kaviraj | K. S. Chithra | 05:16 |
6. | "Romanchana" | Kaviraj | Rajesh Krishnan, Sicily | 04:48 |
7. | "Golla Golla" | Kaviraj | Udit Narayan | 04:40 |
8. | "Rama Srirama (Telugu)" | Kaviraj | K. S. Chithra | 05:17 |
9. | "Theme Bit" (instrumental) | 02:14 |
References
- Actor Shivaraj Kumar | Satya In Love | Actress Genelia | Director Raghav Loki
- IndiaGlitz - 'Bandhu Balaga' shoot over - Kannada Movie News
- Deccan Herald - Satya in Love
- Irritating overdose of Telugu in Kannada film Satya In Love
- "Genelia D'Souza, the next Bollywood bee". Newstrack India. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- IndiaGlitz - Events - Satya In Love Audio Launch
- Satya In Love Audio Released