Chellapilla Satyanarayana Sastry (1933 - 12 January 1989), known mononymously as Satyam, was an Indian music composer. He was popular in the

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and

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film industries in the 1960s to 1980s. Sathyam is best remembered as "Andhra R. D. Burman". He also composed a handful of

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films. Satyam was born in Gunanupuram village,Komarada mandal in

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district of

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. He had acted in some plays with popular writer Rajasri and others at Vizianagaram. He later shifted to

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and worked in the orchestra of

P. Adinarayana Rao Penupatruni Adinarayana Rao (21 August 1915 – 19 August 1991) was an Indian music director, film producer, lyricist and play writer. He co-founded "Aswini Pictures" with Akkineni Nageswara Rao and produced some movies in Telugu and Tamil langu ...

and

T. V. Raju Thotakura Venkata Raju ( Telugu: తోటకూర వెంకట రాజు), better known as T. V. Raju (1921 - 20 February 1973), was an Indian music composer who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. He worked as an assistant composer to ...

. He worked as an assistant composer in the magnum opus film ''

Suvarna Sundari ''Suvarna Sundari'' () is a 1957 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film directed by Vedantam Raghavayya. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi with music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao. The film was produced by Adinarayana Rao under ...

'' (1957). He debuted as a music director in the 1963 Kannada film ''

Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddha ''Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddha'' is a 1963 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by M. Nageshwara Rao and M S Nayak. The film stars Rajkumar, Udaykumar, K. S. Ashwath and Dikki Madhavarao. The film has musical score by Chellapilla Satyam who made ...

''. His debut film as a full-fledged music director in Telugu cinema was ''Pala Manasulu'' (1967), though he was credited as a music director in the 1963 film ''

Savati Koduku ''Savati Koduku'' () is a 1963 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by Y. Ranga Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Sowcar Janaki, with music composed by debutant Satyam and T. V. Raju taking care of supervision. Plot The f ...

'' under the supervision of T. V. Raju. Some of his memorable hit songs in Telugu are Ye Divilo Virisina Parijatamo, Gunna Mamidi Komma Meeda, O Bangaru Rangula Chilaka, Kalise Kalla Lona, Tholi Valape Teeyanidi, Aaraneekuma Ee Deepam Karthika Deepam, Gaali Vanalo Vana Neetilo. His grandson Sri Vasanth is also a music composer who worked for films like ''

Sudigadu ''Sudigadu'' () is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language parody film directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao and produced by Chandrasekhar D Reddy under Arundathi Movies. It is the remake of C. S. Amudhan's debut Tamil film Thamizh Padam. The film stars ...

'' (2012). In memory of Satyam, a musical night was organized by Bay Area Telugu Association and Chimata Music in California, United States, in 2009.Satyam Musical night in Bayarea, CA

Discography

Telugu

Kannada

Tamil

*'' Mudi Soodaa Mannan'' (1978)

Hindi

* ''Rani Aur Jaani'' (1973) * ''Alakh Niranjan'' (1975) * ''Aaj Ke Sholay'' (1985) * ''Jhony Meraa Yaar'' (1973) * ''Lady James Bond'' (1972) * ''Gunah ki Raat'' (1979) * ''Mahashakthi'' (1980) * ''Inspector Rekha'' (1973) * ''Apna Farz''(1973) * ''Khoon Ki Holi'' (1979) * ''Kaun Sacha Kaun Jutha'' (1972)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Satyam, Chellapilla Telugu film score composers Kannada film score composers 1933 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Indian composers Film musicians from Andhra Pradesh