Sathya (1988)
சத்யா
Sathya, a jobless youth who does not like injustice becomes a puppet in the hands of a corrupt politician, and unknowingly helps him in his malicious endeavors.
- Date of release
- 1988-01-28
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 2h 27m
- Genres
- Action, Thriller
- Director
- Suresh Krissna
Casting
- Kamal Haasan — Sathyamurthy
- Amala Akkineni — Geetha Nair
- Rajesh — Mariappa
- Nassar — Seena Thana
- Vadivukarasi — Sathya's stepmother
- Janagaraj — Naidu
- Bahadoor — Mudaliar
- Kitty — Dhandapani
- Anand — Sathya's friend
- Vaali — Mariappa's associate
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma — Malayali shop-owner
- Kavithalayaa Krishnan — Mudaliar's employer
Interesting facts
Sathyaa is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language gangster film directed by Suresh Krissna in his directorial debut and produced by Kamal Haasan under Raaj Kamal Films International. A remake of the 1985 Hindi film Arjun, the film stars Kamal Haasan, Amala Akkineni, Rajesh, Janagaraj, Bahadoor and Kitty.
Production
Sathyaa is a remake of the 1985 Hindi film Arjun. It marked the directorial debut of Suresh Krissna who earlier assisted K. Balachander. Krissna avoided creating a shot-for-shot remake of Arjun; according to him, "we took only basic theme from the original and worked on it". Kitty, who played one of the antagonists, had his voice dubbed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. The film was dedicated to M. G.
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