Satya (1998)

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...

It only reminds me one dialogue " Mumbai ka king koun...Bhiku Matre..."..from this movie onwards Manoj vajapyee is one of my favourite actor.

"Satya" presents the "truth" of a good film. This is Ramgopal Varma's best directorial specimen. I think the film as the most important in last 10 years' Indian Cinema. Now I believe, Gangsters are people like us, they talk like us, dress like us, eat like us, probably feel like us. This film shatters the myth about absurd portrayal of earlier gangsters. Chakravarty, as Satya is excellent with his low-key acting style. Others are gems. The background music by Sandip Chowta is thrilling. You will feel the every bit of drums.I often feel perplexed to select the most interesting character in this film. Who is more important? Satya, Bhikhu, Mole, Chander, Bhao, Jagga, Jagga ke admi, Kalu, Amod Shukla, Khandelkar, Music director Runu Sagar, Vidya .............? Who? It is a terrific film. Truth's beauty and beauty truth.

This film gets my vote as the best Hindi gangster movie of all time. It is long but consistently engrossing as it charts the rise and fall of a gangster. The acting is top notch with no weak spots. Manoj Bajpai is mesmerizing as Bhiku Mhatre, a larger than life gangster who befriends our protagonist Satya (J.D. Chakravarthi). The film is gritty and successfully captures the spirit of Mumbai. The plot doesn't have a trace of sentiment and the gangsters are never romanticized. Yet we come to care for them. The fight scenes are violent and feel brutally honest. A terrific film.Overall 9/10