Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1994


Sathyavan

Buy Sathyavan now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'Sathyavan' is a 1994 Tamil language comedy film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Murali and Gautami, with Goundamani, Senthil, R. Sundarrajan, Uday Prakash, Venniradai Moorthy and Vadivukkarasi playing supporting roles. The film, produced by B. N. S. R. P. Reddy, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 9 September 1994. The film is a remake of the Telugu film 'April 1 Vidudala'.

Plot



The film starts with the video photographer Diwakar arriving late to video-shoot a marriage, where he falls in love with Bhuvaneshwari at first sight. He then gets a hold of Bhuvaneshwari's maternal uncle Anjaneya and obtains information about Bhuvaneshwari. He gathers that she respects only the people who are self-employed and straightforward. He also finds out that she is unmarried and she is about to be transferred to his village. Back to his village, Diwakar has the plan to open a video shop with his friend Mani. In order to secure the capital, he uses all kinds of tricks to rip off the villagers. Diwakar blackmails Bhagyam to reveal her extramarital affair to her husband. He then gets money from Kiruba, a married man who is in love with Bhagyam and promises him to join them. He even claims money from chit fund which he never was a member of. After getting enough money, he opens his video shop. He starts to sell electronic products found on the street and advertises them as new products imported from Dubai.

Anjaneya writes him letters in Bhuvaneshwari's name making Diwakar assume that she is in love with him. Afterwards, Bhuvaneshwari, her mother and her bachelor uncle Anjaneya land in Diwakar's village, Diwakar arranges them a house. He learns that Bhuvaneshwari doesn't love him and he had been cheated by Anjaneya all along. Bhuvaneshwari puts forward a deal that she would marry Diwakar only if he stays out of cheating, and does not utter a lie in a month. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Cast



*Murali as Diwakar

*Gautami as Bhuvaneshwari

*Goundamani as Kiruba

*Senthil as Mani

*R. Sundarrajan as Anjaneya

*Uday Prakash as Gopi

*Venniradai Moorthy as Moorthy

*Vadivukkarasi as Bhuvaneshwari's mother

*Kavitha as Diwakar's mother

*Rama Prabha as Moorthy's wife

*Sharmili as Bhagyam

*Vijaya Chandrika as Kiruba's wife

*Mahima as Ammu

*Typist Gopu as Mathrubootham

*Kumarimuthu as Kuppasamy

*Chelladurai as Ramamurthy

*Boopathi Raja as Sundar

*Kovai Senthil

*Rajkumar

*Chaplin Balu as Barber

*Sethu Vinayagam as Thangaraj

Soundtrack



The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali.

Reception



Malini Mannath of 'The New Indian Express' gave a negative review, criticizing the slow screenplay and the performances of the actors.

References




Buy Sathyavan now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 1994



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1101470358.