''Satyam Sivam'' is a 1981 Indian

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, produced by D. Venkateswara Rao under the Eeswari Creations banner and directed by

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. The film stars

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and

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, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is a remake of the

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film '' Suhaag'' (1979).

Plot

Nagaraju ( Satyanarayana) and Janaki (Pushpalata) have been a married couple, but he never felt that she is his wife; he abandons her. Janki gives birth to twins and Seshu (

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), a gangster, steals one of them and sells him to a bootlegger, Kunti (Tyagaraju). Nagaraju has taken to crime in a big way and as a result has antagonized a rival gangster, Seshu. Janaki is upset when she finds her son missing, with a lot of difficulties, she brings up her son, Satyam (

) and he is now a dedicated police officer. On the other hand, Kunti has exploited Sivam (

), kept him illiterate, and made him a petty criminal & alcoholic. This gets him into a confrontation with Satyam, but ironically the two settle their differences and become fast friends. Nagaraju is not aware of his two sons and wife being alive. Without revealing his identity, Satyam is appointed to catch Nagaraju's gang and Sivam always supports him and they, together with other police personnel, keep vigil. Things do not go as planned; they are attacked as a result Satyam loses his eyesight, leaving the onus on Sivam to try to locate the person behind this crime.

Cast

as Sivam * Nageswara Rao as Satyam *

as Parvathi *

as Rekha * Satyanarayana as Nagaraju *

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as Seshu *

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as Constable Pachipulusu Paramanandam * Mikkilineni as Dada *

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as Gopal *Tyagaraju as Kunti *

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as I.G. *

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as Inspector Chalapathi Rao *

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as Santhi *

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as Janaki *Pushpa Kumari *Athili Lakshmi *Krishna Veni as Lalitha

Soundtrack

Music composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Veturi.

References

External links

* {{K. Raghavendra Rao 1980s Telugu-language films 1981 films Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Telugu remakes of Hindi films