Production Satya (film)

1 production

1.1 development
1.2 casting
1.3 filming
1.4 editing

production
development


—varma on genesis of film.

director ram gopal varma wanted make action film, since had not made 1 long time. fascinated mumbai city. in process of planning action film, varma bumped people underworld, when more attracted human side. after that, music producer , singer gulshan kumar shot dead outside jeeteshwar mahadev temple, mumbai on 12 august 1997. varma got know murder producer jhamu sughand, had produced film rangeela. told varma gulshan had woken around 7 , told sughand @ 8 meet singer; @ 8.30 supposed meet friend, after go temple , come meet him. varma thought if gulshan had woke @ 7 am, @ time killer have woken up? varma decided make film on gangsters , being big ayn rand fan, wanted put howard roark in underworld .

varma had intentions of making film no songs. but, later decided add songs because according varma, ..at time difficult make film without song since music companies ruling industry , impossible promote song-less film . had basic story in mind , wanted vijay tendulkar write dialogues film, since inspired tendulkars work, specially ardh satya (1983). not able film unknown reasons.

casting

the struggling actor manoj bajpayee, auditioned role of paresh rawal s henchman in daud. varma asked him if had done work in other film. bajpayee mentioned bandit queen him, had supporting role. varma impressed performance in bandit queen , expressed desire make film him had bigger role, , told him not daud. bajpayee asked him let him film, on varma agreed. following completion of filming, varma expressed regret offering bajpayee minor role , promised him prominent role in next film. bajpayee suggested newcomer anurag kashyap s name varma write film. varma liked kashyap s auto narayan , hired him write script. kashyap writing film varma felt need of more experienced writer , called saurabh shukla write shukla hesitant film since wrote films direct. shukla went office refuse job, varma told him wanted cast him particular character in film , told him basic plot. shukla agreed film stuck narration. both went varma s farmhouse in hyderabad , wrote first draft in week.

varma wanted cast new actors film. decided cast j.d. chakravarthy in title role, had worked varma on shiva (1990). said trying imitate verma in role preparation. title role planned bajpayee, after characters got more clear varma felt needed person more fluent in hindi character of bhiku mhatre. because chakraborty native telugu speaker , not fluent in hindi. bajpayee not happy decision, since wanted play title character. still agreed film because had no other role do. based character of bhiku mhatre on real life person existed in bajpayee s hometown, jeetendra fan , wore printed coloured t-shirts , short tempered. when shukla , kashyap discussing name of characters should sound real, office boy entered name bhiku, when decided use name character.

the female lead first offer actress mahima chaudhary, refused film because of subject matter. varma cast urmila matondkar, whom had worked earlier in 2 films rangeela , daud. debutant sushant singh cast in role of mhatre s henchman.

filming

the film entirely shot in mumbai. scene in sushant singh s face slashed chakravarty, supposed end varma had forgot cut , rest of scene improvised actors. film s opening montage sequence when chakravathy arrives in city, given kashyap shoot. planned sequence , shot cinematographer. sequence shot different kashyap had imagined because of lack of experience in shooting. varma told him re-shoot , taught him how communicate cameraman .

bajpayee scared while filming scene standing @ edge of cliff because of acrophobia. scene took 2 hours shoot. films climax scene shot during ganesh chaturthi when team had recreated juhu beach 500 junior artists. song kallu mama shot varma himself, because cinematographer had failed turn on day of shoot. last sequence of film shot , song improvised; actors had consumed alcohol. entire film shot in 50 days. scene in beginning of film manjrekar , bappu murder film producer on busy street shot on set. entire street had been created inside studio , vehicles parked on side of street belonged film crew. films cinematography handled american cinematographer gerard hooper, recommended varma kannan iyer, had written earlier film daud. hooper roam around mumbai filming city when no shoot scheduled. hooper not give enough time, left project after thirty percent complete. afterwards, mazhar kamran served cinematographer of film.

editing

the film edited newcomer apurva asrani , bhanodaya. apurva promo editor varma s earlier film, daud. impressed work, varma offered him edit satya @ age of nineteen.