| Satyakam | |
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| Directed by | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
| Screenplay by | Bimal Dutta |
| Story by | Narayan Sanyal |
| Produced by | Sher Jeng Singh Punchee |
| Starring | Dharmendra Ashok Kumar Sharmila Tagore Sanjeev Kumar |
| Narrated by | Sanjeev Kumar |
| Cinematography | Jaywant Pathare |
| Edited by | Das Dhaimade |
| Music by | Laxmikant Pyarelal |
| Distributed by | 175 minutes |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Satyakam is a 1969 Indian drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, based on a Bengali novel of the same name by Narayan Sanyal.[1] The film stars Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjeev Kumar, and Ashok Kumar.[2] The film was scored by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The name of the film is inspired by ancient Hindu saint Satyakama Jabala.[3]
The character played by Dharmendra is considered to be among the finest in Indian cinema.[4] It won the 1971 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for Rajinder Singh Bedi. The movie also won National Film Award For Best Feature Film in Hindi.[5] The film was remade in Tamil as Punnagai (1971) by K. Balachander.[6]
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- ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "Punnagai (1971)". The Hindu. 6 August 2016.