Chellapilla Satyanarayana Sastry (1933 – 12 January 1989), known mononymously as Satyam, was an Indian music composer. He was popular in the
Telugu and
Kannada
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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
Bengali,
Bhojpuri
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, and
Hindi
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films.
Satyam was born in Gunanupuram village, Komarada mandal in
Vizianagaram
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district of
Andhra Pradesh
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. He had acted in some plays with popular writer Rajasri and others at Vizianagaram. He later shifted to
Madras
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and worked in the orchestra of
P. Adinarayana Rao and
T. V. Raju. He worked as an assistant composer in the magnum opus film ''
Suvarna Sundari
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'' (1957). He debuted as a music director in the 1963 Kannada film ''
Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddha''. 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'' 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'' (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
Tribute to Music director Satyam was organised by Sreeramulu entertainment, Andhra club in association with singer Sarada Akunuri USA in Chennai in 2015, where Satyam's wife Krishnaveni and adopted son Trinath had graced the event.
in 2020, Singer Sarada Akunuri organized a Tribute concert to music director Satyam in association with Yuvakalavahini in Hyderabad. Satyam's grandson, music director Vasanth attended the event along with director Sri Kodandaramireddy garu. director Sri Yvs Chowdary, music director Sri K.m. Radha Krishnan and singer Anand Gedela.
Discography
Telugu
Kannada
Tamil
*'' Mudi Soodaa Mannan'' (1978)
*'' Swapna'' (1981)
Hindi
* ''Rani Aur Jaani'' (1973)
* ''Alakh Niranjan'' (1975)
* '' Aaj Ke Sholey'' (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)
See also
*Vijaya Bhaskar
Vijaya Bhaskar (; 1924 – 3 March 2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 720 films, Bhaskar worked in Tamil ...
* T. G. Lingappa
* G. K. Venkatesh
*Rajan–Nagendra
Rajan–Nagendra was an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four dec ...
*Upendra Kumar
Upendra Kumar (18 July 1941 – 24 January 2002) was an Indian composer who predominantly worked in Kannada films. He was known for his strong association with Rajkumar and his family and scored some of his career best compositions for the films ...
* M. Ranga Rao
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Telugu film score composers
Kannada film score composers
1933 births
1989 deaths
20th-century Indian composers
Film musicians from Andhra Pradesh