Sathyam (2008 film)

Sathyam[சத்யம்] /Salute[సెల్యూట్]
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. R. Rajasekar
Produced by	Vikram Krishna
Written by	A. R. Rajasekhar
Starring	Vishal Upendra Nayantara Brahmanandam Kota Srinivasa Rao Ali Ravi Kale Premji Amaren Livingston Senthil Sudha Chandran
Music by	Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	Anthony
Production company	GK Film Corporation
Release date	15 August 2008 (2008-08-15)
Running time	178 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil Telugu

Sathyam (English: Truth) in Tamil (Salute in Telugu) is a 2008 Tamil-Telugu bilingual action masala film directed by debutante A. Rajasekhar, an associate of Suresh Krissna. The film stars Vishal in the role of a cop for the first time. Nayantara plays the female lead role, while Kannada actor Upendra plays the support male lead role. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film released on 15 August 2008 coinciding with Independence Day. Despite getting mixed reviews it become a hit at the box office. The film is produced by Vikram Krishna, Vishal's brother.

The film was simultaneously made in Telugu as Salute.

Sathyam begins with Sathyam (Vishal), an assistant police commissioner rescuing a hooligan from encounter thirsty cops, only to arrest him later. He reminds his fellow cops that a cop's duty is to kill crime not criminals. Sathyam meets his first challenge in tracking a mysterious killer of three ministers. In the process, he finds the culprit Manickvel (Upendra), only to receive a rude shock to know his identity.

For, the murderer is none other than a former police officer, who inspired Sathyam to take the cop job. Revealing the reason behind his change of mind, the ex-cop says that he is on a killing spree as he failed to set right things in khakhi uniform.

Sathyam, who throws a challenge at his mentor that he would use the power of law to put the wrongdoers behind the bars, vows to throw light on the illegal activities of the Home minister (Kota Srinivasa Rao), who aims at the Chief Minister post.

In the meantime, the protagonist also has a romantic episode with Deivanayaki (Nayantara), a TV journalist. This begins with Deivanayaki suing the locality's children through their parents. The children swear vengeance through a 'gangleader' who happens to be none other than Sathyam himself. The 'gang' succeeds by making their rival a laughing stock with multiple pranks. Nevertheless the female does recognize Sathyam's tenderness at heart and falls for him. Sathyam too falls in love thereafter.