Great job, Sri on getting a nostalgic article on one of the finest melodious music directors in the history of the Telugu cinema.

Cheers,
Srini
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Who can forget his "Ide Paata Prathi Chota" from the film "Puttinillu Mettinillu" & his on-screen appearance in the song as a music director ???

yes his contribution towards music is very lot in telugu cinema.
he has also given good music to chiranjeevi in many cinemas like chanttabbayi,khaidi no 786 and others which are best films.

to Savitri garu
Chantabbai music is Chakravatthy and Khaidi No 786 Music is by Raj-Koti...
Satyam did Chiranjeevi's earlier movies like Arani Mantalu etc...

Satyam was very clever in copying the tunes from other languages. He was using Rajan-Nagendra's popular Kannada tunes in Telugu and vice versa.

I am hearing his name for the first time, but listened to his songs many times.

What their family is doing right now, do anyone know?

so nice to see a retro piece again..with lots of info.. but a piece on satyam garu deserves more...his glorious hand in hindustani/ghazal adaptations in telugu and ofcourse his problems with alcohol.

getting inspired by few songs and using their tunes and ragas cleverly for making new pallavis is acceptable. these days music directors from anu malik, pritam to keeravani, harris jayaraj and mani sharma, all are copying many foreign songs completely even charanams beat to beat. dsp copies his own songs.

Satyam was ekalvays sishya of S. Rajeswar Rao and used to hang around during sound recordings. Thank You for remebering him Satyam was not very business like and many exploited him. He had no children. He and Rajan nagendra were inspired by Hindi film hits but they were not blatant most of the times. You can see Satyam as asst music director for Anjali Devi's Hindi film Phholon ke saak. Kursindi vaana is good but based on Hindi hit Talaash. S. D. Burman's "Khayi hai re hamne kasam sang rahaen ke " by Lata. He requested Kishore Kumar to sing for him in Kannada. His first straight Hindi film was Rani aur Jaani.May his soul rest in peace. I wish your article was much more in details.prakash

Dear surfers, I am sorry I was wrong. Sathyam was not he music director of kannada film kull agent ooo it was rajan Nagends who also made Kishore sing a song in Kannada. Mattilo Manikyam music was by Sathyam and Sharanam nee divys charnam by Bhanumathi became popular but it is blatant copy of song from Amraplai Hindi Jao re Jogi tum jao re. He was skilled in lifting good tues from Hindi film and giving hummable hits in Telugu. May his soul rest in peace. Prakash

Dear Folks,

Satyam is really a great music director. Please by showing couple of examples don't steal the greatness of Satyam. Music is truely matter of inspiration. Satyam used to score the music on Dholak. So the beats of S. D. Burman's "Khayi hai re hamne kasam sang rahaen ke " by Lata certainly would have inspired him. How many folks in the Andhra pradesh would have heard that song. But Kurisindi vaana is a legendary song in telugu music industry.

Please show respect to the legends. When you listen to Satyam you feel cherished. Same with Ramesh Naidu, Rajan-Nagendra. I know now a days Music Directors are demi gods. But in those days songs are asset to the movie, so the music directors are shadowed by the actors.

May your soul rest in peace SatyamJi. You made me to cry, feel romantic, and think , we owe you a lot.

dear all.. definitely satyam master was a creator of music.. who can create "puche pulalona", "paata padana paatame nerpana", "oh allari chupula kavvinche", "na kosame nivunnadi" "na jeevana sandhya samayamlo", "rama chiluka pelli kodukevare" etc..? he was a matchless original music director.

i too very much like sri satyam gaari songs. different style of music and his creation for ever. pleasant music, particularly dolak instrument specialist. great musician.

HI All,

Actually id like to know abt his family and personal life ... does anyone know where are his children and wife .. where do they live ? are they into the music field?

Dear All,

Thanks to Satyam Garu!! for producing such great music! its amazing. Obviously yes because his way of music style in the films is completely different from others and his songs are heart touching and everlasting lyrics.

Iam very glad to familiarize you guys about Satyam Garu’s family. He has only one daughter Purnima Kiran , two grandsons Kushal(9 yrs), Shashank(5months). His wife and daughter are located at Chennai, India presently.

Fortunately his daughter is my brother’s wife. :)

Dear readers,

I have seen many websites and remembering satyam garu is one of the best and Mr.vasu rao in chimata interview quoted very aptly.I heard many many songs of great music director satyam garu.He is really a great music director in telugu and his songs are really made us rock if you listen to those songs.I think many songs are now are copies from his greats.one of the songs I like really is SPB song..oho ho chaamanti ...vayyari boo banti.But this is an example only.....many many are there.Thank you and salute the greate music director satyam garu.