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Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

sid-coolking One of the best films Indian Cinema had and will ever produce...Everything was damn perfect about this movie and Sholay pales in many departments in which this film wins...RGV take a bow and thank you so much for giving us a genius in acting called Manoj Bajpai and a Script Writer like Anurag Kashyap who in future is giving good films but nothing can surpass this...One of my favourite film of all time alongside other effort close to it, ie, Company (Second favourite and best)...Anurag Kashyap tried to recreate magic of Satya in all his films and made Gangs of Wasseypur but could not touch the level of this film though his effort was no doubt praiseworthy...Vaastav, Parinda, Nayakan, Black Friday etc were all gangster films but no where close to these gems and even RGV cannot bring back the touch of these classics...Those who haven't watched must visit these films once as they don't make them anymore...

bhartiabhinav One of the greatest bollywood movie, the acting and the storyline makes this film a must watch, and the story it tells is the story which belongs the real world of gangster and last it says that crime never pays.

crazyomon The most beautiful thing about Satya is that almost every person associated with the film was a newcomer. It was his first or second project. And their ambitions, dreams and sweat paid very well for the movie and the result is that this is considered the best crime movie ever made in India.The movie starts with Satya (J D Chakravarthy) coming to Mumbai seeking employment. Things don't go right for him in Mumbai and he ends up in a fight with Jagga (Jeeva) who works for don Guru Narayan (Raju Mavani). To revenge his insult, Jagga gets Satya arrested in false charges. Satya is very brave man and his bravery is seen in the fight with Bhiku Mhatre (Manoj Bajpai) who is another don of Mumbai mafia. Bhiku is very much impressed by his bravado and offers him work in his gang. Satya accepts it. They give Satya a place to live, free of any charges.With his intelligence, Satya becomes a special man for Bhiku very soon and helps him in looting and murdering and planning murders of politicians and members from other gangs. Along with all this work, Satya soon gets involved with a girl Vidya (Urmila Matondkar) who is his neighbour. He doesn't tell her about his job and his partners. She gets to know about Bhiku but as a co-worker in the company where Satya works. The scene when they meet Bhiku and his wife in a restaurant is beautifully performed and brilliantly directed.The most promising character and portrayal in the film is of Bhiku Mhatre. Bhiku represents a common man who loves his family and has been in mafia world for a long time, first unwillingly and then with reasons which, in fact, are made with much ease in this industry. You know his way of working is not subtle at all and he is robbing people and killing many others but you can't hate this character. There is a suitable humor added to this character by the director and by the actor. Bhiku lives a simple life except when he is playing a gangster. Manoj Bajpai brings the much wanted shades and characteristics to Bhiku Mhatre. Manoj Bajpai is a great actor and definitely one of India's best. He has probably not given the roles which he deserved. But he has played every role with an enthusiasm of a newcomer and excellence of an experienced actor. The leading man, J D Chakravarthy, seemed to me the greatest problem with the film. He has acted well but he is not familiar with the language and that is a big problem here. Sometimes he seems so much irritating that you just don't want to see him anymore. He is a South Indian actor and has worked in many Telugu movies before Satya. I definitely wanted some person who was well aware of the language and the setting of the film. Urmila Matondkar as Vidya is OK. She hasn't got many scenes in which she's got to act. Vidya is pretty, funny, sensitive and caring. She has got problems at her home. She dreams of a sound future with Satya, of course unknown of his gang work. She is a singer and is in search for a job but when a composer tries to harass her, she tells Satya about it and you know what happens next! The composer is threatened by the gang and is forced to give Vidya a very nice position. Saurabh Shukla as Kallu Mama is brilliant. He is the guy who orders Bhiku and his gang. He is also a very good human being. He knows much about the mafia and is giving Bhiku lessons from time to time. There are many good actors in very small roles as Sanjay Mishra, playing a goon, and then there is Shefali Shetty, playing Bhiku's wife. I fell in love with her acting after the critically acclaimed Monsoon Wedding (2001). That was the era when Ram Gopal Verma was considered the best director in India. I don't know what happened but he lost the tune after 2004 and never got it back. It is good that he is still trying and whenever there is a RGV movie getting released, people wish it to be like Satya or Company (2002). These movies are the best ones made on the subject of crime and mafia. There are many directors who criticize RGV and want him to stop making films. I only have one question to all those directors: RGV made terrible films like Aag, Satya 2 and so did you. But he also made Satya and Company and have you done anything even close to that?The story and screenplay is penned by Saurabh Shukla, who plays Kallu Mama, and the brilliant director-writer Anurag Kashyap. Anurag Kashyap was a struggler just like many others in the film when he was offered this film. The songs in the movie are average with average music by Vishal Bhardwaj. Actually, there was no need for songs at all. A couple of them are good but rest are unnecessary and break the pace of the movie. Background score is given by Sandeep Chowta and he does a swell job here.Overall, this film is the best take on the world of crime and gangsters. Not just it showcases the crime, it also tells about the personal lives of the gangsters which really makes the audience not to hate the characters. Satya means "Truth" in English. And here it means the truth of the mafia and the mafia members. This one is really special film for me. There are mistakes in this film too but they are completely overshadowed by the brilliance of the film and the excellent filmmaking.

mehboobahmed A master piece in the gangster type movies,Seem like really type movie because each scene connected and logical to others,There is much to say about movie but one silent indirectly observed theme that usually happened, when Sayta tells about his job and Police comes, he runs away and reaches gang spot but when he hears that Biko has been killed, at that time Satya don't think about Vidya that what is going happened with her, his concerned only to kill Bahu Das Chawale which is tough to kill. After to kill, then he thinks about Vidya.He give the priority to Biko than Vidya.