''Satya In Love'' is an Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language movie released in 2008. It is directed by Raghav Loki and produced by T.N. Ramesh under Ananya Enterprises. The music is composed by

Gurukiran Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie ''Upendra'' furt ...

, an Indian music composer and singer. The movie features Shiva Rajkumar and

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in the lead roles and was released in one hundred theaters across India.

Plot

Satya falls in love with Veda upon seeing her nursing a stranger who had a seizure. Veda vanishes into a crowd after that, and Satya began searching for her whereabouts. He learns that she lives in

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with her father Ranga Reddy, whom people in the region fear. Satya goes to Reddy's house but is beaten by Ranga's henchmen. Veda is surprised to see Satya as she has never seen him before.

Cast

Production

''Satya In Love'' is the first Kannada film to employ 4K

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technology.

Reception

The movie opened to positive reviews. It received a rating of 3 out of 5 from

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and got praises from

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. It received major criticism from viewers in Karnataka due to abundant usage of Telugu language throughout the movie, an Indian language that is not widely understood in the state. The film opened to record-breaking collections and was the first Kannada film to simultaneously release across India in places like TN, AP,

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Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

and

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

. ''Satya In Love'' grossed 4 crores in the opening weekend. The movie completed 50 days in 19 centers and 100 days in 3 cities -

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and

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Music

The official soundtrack contains eight songs with one theme song. Released on 14 February 2008, Satya In Love's soundtrack was composed by

. The lyrics were written by four different lyricists: Hrudaya Shiva, Kaviraj, V. Manohar and Malavalli Saikrishna. The audio released on the Valentine's Day at a hotel in Bangalore.Satya In Love Audio Released
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References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.chitraloka.com/satyainlove
Discussion about the film
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