Satya, a movie which had no STAR cast or not many renouned people in crew else had actors in place of stars, had talent instead of famous names. The movie had no loop holes with a very good story, powerful screenplay, cinematography at it's best, a great director and every cast trying to prove his/her poteintial and in search of success.
Starting with story and screenplay, Anurag Kashyap and Saurabh Shukla, at that time were not too known names, were hired to write about different world which mass audience has rarely seen. Screenplay was powerful and relevant. Best part in this was the characterization, "Bhiku Mhatre" one name which Indian audience will never forget and is honoured as most memorable characters in Indian cinema after "Gabbar" and "Mogambo". Not only Bhiku Mhatre but other characters "Satya", "Kallu Mama", "Khandelkar", "Yeda" etc were written brilliantly. Dialogues, what to say "Mumbai ka king kaun, BHIKU MHATRE", "Humare dhande me vo hi jeetta hai jo pehla haath maarta hai" and other lines like this gave a special strength to every character and also helped in creating interest in every scene and the movie.
Cast, J.D.Chakravarthy, an actor-director, who only appeared once in Bollywood with a small role in SHIVA was the lead in this movie. No one ever thought that he will be so impressive which in turned proved RamGopal Varma's capability in selecting the cast. Urmila Martondkar, glamorous Rangeela girl in a new avatar. With this girl next door performance it was loud and clear that she'll conquer the miss Bollywood title and became a threat to existing female leads. Shefali Shah, after a cameo in Rangeela appeared as Mrs. Pyaari Mhatre and her capabilities after this performance are unquestionable. Saurabh Shukla aka Kallu Mama, another memorable character. Well it was expected from him to be impressive as he felt the character while writing it and he lived up to the expectation. Aditya Shrivastava, played inspector Khandelkar and the only thing that he proved is "you don't need looks to impress, all you need is talent which is above everything." Makrand Deshpande as Advocate Chandrakant Mule, Paresh Rawal as Amod Shukla, Govind Namdeo as Bhau Thakurdas Jhavle were in the skin of the characters giving striking performance. Other than lead roles
Snehal Dabi "Chander Krishnakant Khote", Shabbir Masani "Yeda", Jeeva "Jagga", Neeraj Vora "Runu Sagar", Raju Mavani "Guru Narayan" with their effective and strong screen presence left an ever-lasting impression on the psyche of the audience.
This person should have been given the first spot but he deserves a special highlight, "Manoj Bajpai". A cameo in Duad, director loved his intensity and decided to cast him in a difficult and most important role of "Bhiku Mahtre". If you ask me no one till date can beat him in this role. I would love to describe his performance in detail but words would be too small to describe it, all I can say is he left us speechless.
Cinematography was an important aspect, Gerard Hooper gave the movie a true look and Mazhar Kamran came out with flying colors. Good camera work by the team.
We can't forget to appreciate the work of Apurva Asani and Bhanodaya who did a sharp editing.
Lyrics and music, a difficult job when this movie is under consideration but Gulzar sahaab and Vishal's team made this a musical hit. Every song was perfect for the situation and everyone knew that the album will be on top.
Finally, direction, Mr. RamGopal Varma, I don't think I have to say anything now but yes very good direction by a visionary director. Credits to him for presenting this concept in the correct way. No glamour, perfect look and feel of the characters making the audience feel as they are part of this movie. Thumbs up for the direction.
No wonders why this movie is named under best movies of India.
However I hear many people saying "RamGopal Varma should stop directing movies" because "Ram Gopal Varma ki Aag and few movies which he produced didn't work." How can these people forget that they are speaking against a director who has directed movies like "Satya", "Rangeela", "Sarkar", "Sarkaar Raj", "Company", "Bhoot".......
Just want to end with this:
"If you fail once world will be against you but if you perform well in next the same crowd will worship you."
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