''Sathyavan'' () is a 1994

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directed by

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. The film stars Murali and

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, with

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, Senthil, R. Sundarrajan, Uday Prakash,

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and

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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

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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

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. 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 *

as Bhuvaneshwari *

as Kiruba * Senthil as Mani * R. Sundarrajan as Anjaneya * Uday Prakash as Gopi *

as Moorthy *

as Bhuvaneshwari's mother * Kavitha as Diwakar's mother *

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as Moorthy's wife *Sharmili as Bhagyam *Vijaya Chandrika as Kiruba's wife *Mahima as Ammu *

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as Mathrubootham *

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as Kuppasamy * Chelladurai as Ramamurthy *Boopathi Raja as Sundar *

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*Rajkumar *Chaplin Balu as Barber *

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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 ''

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'' gave a negative review, criticizing the slow screenplay and the performances of the actors.

References

External links

{{IMDb title, 0318664, Sathyavan 1994 films 1990s Tamil-language films 1994 romantic comedy films Indian romantic comedy films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Tamil remakes of Telugu films Films directed by Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)