Satya

Satya is a young man, who finds himself in the criminal world of Bombay. He has no problems making himself at home.
If someone threatens him, he stabs that person. Through an unspoken agreement, Bombay's criminal world is run by two gangs. But Satya breaks that agreement when he kills-an up-until-then invulnerable man from the ''wrong'' gang. I nterfering with Satya's lack of morals, is also Vidya, his neighbor, singer and love of
his life.
The concept of the mob movie is wellknown: an outsider threatens the hierarchy of the criminal world, and the strong patriarchal loyalties turn out to be fragi Ie. Satya, the silent dark stranger, is through his incorruptible courage, a threat. The film is based on the well-known tricks of the
genre, but the background is original. The interiors from the criminal world in Bombay feel more exotic, than the wornout American scenery.
The music is always exiting in Indian films. In Satya, every song enhances the
mood of the scene to such a point that the music almost takes over. The clarity in the music also helps the film vary the 90's Mafia film genre.
It is a dangerous and tough environment that is depicted, an environment where there is no space for thought or seclusion. Satya does not get any closer to us than he gets to himself. He is a silent, male hero, whose fall is depicted in this violent film.
MAJA LJUNG

Premiärstatus
Internationell premiär: Medverkande
Chakravarthy,Urmila Matondkar,Manoi Bajpai: Producent
Ram Gopal Varma: Manus
Anurag Kashyap: Foto
Gerard Hooper: Musik
Vishal: Talat språk
Hindi