Satyam (2003 film)

Satyam is an aspiring songwriter who inadvertently gets misunderstood both by his father Vishwanath and his love interest Ankita. He ghostwrites for a selfish and popular film lyricist. He decides to prove himself as an independent songwriter before expressing his love to Ankita. In the meantime, a classmate of Ankita proposes to her. Through all of this, Ankita's father Shankar, unexpectedly befriends Satyam without his daughter's knowledge. Satyam eventually overcomes his obstacles and succeeds in reconciling with his father and Ankita. ==Cast==

• Sumanth as Satyam • Genelia as Ankita • Kota Srinivasa Rao as Shankar • Bramhanandam as Lingam • Rajesh as Satish Petla • Tanikella Bharani as Chakradhar • Raghava Malladi as Viswanath • Kondavalasa as Simhadri • Varsha as Swati • Sridhar as Prakash • Narsing Yadav as MLA • Duvvasi Mohan as Chakradhar's assistant • Gautam Raju • Apoorva as Lingam's wife • Kanta Rao (Cameo appearance) • Chakri as himself (Cameo appearance) • Raghava Lawrence as himself (Special appearance in the song "Kuch Kuch") == Production ==

In mid-2000, Sumanth signed three films included one that was to be produced by Annapoorna Studios with Ezhil considered as a potential director. Sumanth wanted Genelia D'Souza to be a part of the film after seeing of one her ads. ==Soundtrack==

The music was composed by Chakri. The audio launch function took place on 3 December 2003 at Annapoorna Studios with Akkineni Nageswara Rao attending the event as the chief guest. == Release and reception ==

The film was released in 22 centers and was a success. A critic from Sify wrote, "The storyline though wafer-thin has been technically well shot and Sumanth has done his best to look convincing as Satyam". ==References==