Satya In Love
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Satya In Love is a Kannada film directed by Raghav Loki. The film was released on 28 March 2008 and stars popular kannada actor Shivrajkumar
Shivrajkumar
Shivaraj Kumar is a Kannada film actor. He is the son of Kannada thespian Dr. Rajkumar. After graduating in B.Sc...

 in the lead role and Genelia, the female lead. Produced by T.N. Ramesh under Ananya Enterprises with music composed by top seeding kannada music director Gurukiran
Gurukiran
Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is a noted music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie "A", directed and acted by Upendra. His music for the movie Upendra further consolidated his position in Kannada movie industry. He is a...

. The movie was released in 100 theatres. It opened all over Karnataka and set a new record by grossing nearly 4 crores in its opening weekend for the first time in kannada film industry.

Plot

Satya (Shivrajkumar
Shivrajkumar
Shivaraj Kumar is a Kannada film actor. He is the son of Kannada thespian Dr. Rajkumar. After graduating in B.Sc...

) falls in love with Veda (Genelia) when he chances upon her nursing a stranger that was seized by an epileptic attack in a public place. Veda vanishes into the crowd and Satya goes in search of her. He comes to know that she lives in Kurnool
Kurnool
Kurnool is located at . It has an average elevation of 273 metres .Kurnool lies on the banks of the Tungabhadra River. The Handry and Neeva rivers also flow through the city. The K.C...

 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

  • Shivrajkumar
    Shivrajkumar
    Shivaraj Kumar is a Kannada film actor. He is the son of Kannada thespian Dr. Rajkumar. After graduating in B.Sc...

     as Satya
  • Genelia as Veda
  • Komal Kumar
  • Bullet Prakash
  • Vinaya Prasad
    Vinaya Prasad
    Vinaya Prasad is a popular film and television actress in South India.She hails from Udupi. Vinaya made her film debut with a small role in G V Iyer’s Madhwacharya in 1988. She worked in smaller character roles before playing the leading lady in Ganeshana Maduve opposite Ananth Nag...

  • Srinath
    Srinath
    For the cricket player see Javagal Srinath. And for Malayali actor see SreenathSrinath , real name Narayana Swamy , is a Kannada cinema actor and the vice-president of Kannada TV Channel Udaya TV....


Crew

  • Director - Raghav Loki
  • Producer - T.N.Ramesh
  • Cinematography - M.R. Seenu
  • Lyrics - Hrudaya Shiva,Kaviraj,V.Manohar and Malavalli Saikrishna
  • Music - Gurukiran
    Gurukiran
    Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is a noted music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie "A", directed and acted by Upendra. His music for the movie Upendra further consolidated his position in Kannada movie industry. He is a...

  • Singers - Kumar Sanu
    Kumar Sanu
    Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born in Kolkata, is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009....

    , Udit Narayan
    Udit Narayan
    -Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...

    , Shankar Mahadevan
    Shankar Mahadevan
    Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...

    , Gurukiran
    Gurukiran
    Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is a noted music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie "A", directed and acted by Upendra. His music for the movie Upendra further consolidated his position in Kannada movie industry. He is a...

    , Chitra KS, Karthik, Rajesh Krishnan,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 Aen
  • Choreography - Laurence, Janardhan

Production

Raghav Loki met and briefed him a story written by him which had impressed Ramesh. “I think Shivaraj Kumar would be the best choice for the hero’s role in the film. If Shivaraj Kumar agrees to the main role, then I would produce the film." Ramesh assured Loki. Loki got the approval of Shivaraj Kumar and “Sathya In Love’ became a reality.

To make Sathya in Love a memorable film, Ramesh provided all the necessary support to Raghava Loki.

Satya In Love is the first Kannada film to employ 4K digital intermediate
Digital intermediate
Digital intermediate is a motion picture finishing process which classically involves digitizing a motion picture and manipulating the color and other image characteristics. It often replaces or augments the photochemical timing process and is usually the final creative adjustment to a movie...

 technology.

Reception

The film opened to extremely positive reviews. Times of India gave 3 stars out of 5. Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
The Deccan Herald is a leading English-language daily newspaper distributed in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is published by the Printers Private Limited and has a number of editions in Bangalore, Hubli, Mysore, Mangalore and Gulbarga....

 also praised the film. However, a major criticism about the movie is the extremely high usage of Telugu language
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 in most parts of the film, which is understood by only very few people in Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

.

The film opened to record breaking collections and was the first Kannada film to simultaneously release across India in places like TN
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, AP
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

 and Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

.

It grossed 4 crores in the opening weekend, which is a new record. The movie completed 50 days in 19 centers and 100 days in 3 centers Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, Hubli and Belgaum
Belgaum
Belgaum is a city and a municipal corporation in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the fourth largest city of the state of Karnataka, the first three being Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad....

.

The film has been dubbed into Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 and will be released shortly.

Music

The official soundtrack contains eight songs with one theme song. Released on 14 February 2008, Satya In Love's soundtrack was composed by Gurukiran
Gurukiran
Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is a noted music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie "A", directed and acted by Upendra. His music for the movie Upendra further consolidated his position in Kannada movie industry. He is a...

 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.

Song Singer(s) Duration Lyrics
Satya Is In Love (Sereyadanu) Kumar Sanu
Kumar Sanu
Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born in Kolkata, is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009....

04:52 Hrudaya Shiva
Nodavalu Lovely Gurukiran
Gurukiran
Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is a noted music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie "A", directed and acted by Upendra. His music for the movie Upendra further consolidated his position in Kannada movie industry. He is a...

04:48 V. Manohar
Banda Kole Basava Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...

04:25 Malavalli Saikrishna
Taane Tantaane Karthik 05:30 Kaviraj
Rama Srirama K. S. Chithra
K. S. Chithra
K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...

05:16 Kaviraj
Romanchana Rajesh Krishnan, Sisili 04:48 Kaviraj
Golla Golla Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan
-Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...

04:40 Kaviraj
Rama Srirama (Telugu) K. S. Chithra
K. S. Chithra
K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...

05:17 Kaviraj
Theme Bit instrumental 02:14

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