Satyam (composer)

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| name = Satyam

| image = ChellapillaSatyamImg.jpg

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| native_name = ಸತ್ಯಂ

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| birth_name = Chellapilla Satyanarayana

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| birth_date = 1933

| birth_place = Andhra Pradesh

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| death_date = {{Death year and age|1989|1933|01}}

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| occupation = Music director

| instrument = Dholak, Tabla

| years_active = 1960s–1980s

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Chellapilla Satyanarayana Sastry (1933 – 12 January 1989), known mononymously as Satyam, was an Indian music composer.[http://www.chimatamusic.com/sathyam.php Satyam review at Chimata Music.com] He was popular in the Telugu and Kannada film industries in the 1960s to 1980s. Sathyam is best remembered as "Andhra R. D. Burman".{{cite web |title=Rememberring Music Director Satyam |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/starsprofile/musicdirector_satyam2010_printer.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310045659/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/starsprofile/musicdirector_satyam2010_printer.php |archive-date=2012-03-10 |access-date=2012-03-08 |website=Telugucinema.com}} He also composed a handful of Bengali, Bhojpuri, and Hindi films.

Satyam was born in Gunanupuram village, Komarada mandal in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh. He had acted in some plays with popular writer Rajasri and others at Vizianagaram. He later shifted to Madras and worked in the orchestra of P. Adinarayana Rao and T. V. Raju. He worked as an assistant composer in the magnum opus film Suvarna Sundari (1957). He debuted as a music director in the 1963 Kannada film Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddha. His debut film as a full-fledged music director in Telugu cinema was Pala Manasulu (1967), though he was credited as a music director in the 1963 film Savati Koduku under the supervision of T. V. Raju.

Some of his memorable hit songs in Telugu are Ye Divilo Virisina Parijatamo, Gunna Mamidi Komma Meeda, O Bangaru Rangula Chilaka, Kalise Kalla Lona, Tholi Valape Teeyanidi, Aaraneekuma Ee Deepam Karthika Deepam, Gaali Vanalo Vana Neetilo.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinefolks.com/telugu/AudioSongs/musicdirector/Satyam/ |title=Some of the best songs of Satyam at Cineforks.com |access-date=19 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825175135/http://cinefolks.com/telugu/AudioSongs/musicdirector/Satyam |archive-date=25 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}

His grandson Sri Vasanth is also a music composer who worked for films like Sudigadu (2012).{{Cite web |date=2012-09-13 |title=Sri Vasanth grows bigger after Sudigadu |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/sri-vasanth-grows-bigger-after-sudigadu-tamilfont-news-86107 |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}} In memory of Satyam, a musical night was organized by Bay Area Telugu Association and Chimata Music in California, United States, in 2009.[http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/news/satyammusicalnight.php Satyam Musical night in Bayarea, CA] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515022431/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/news/satyammusicalnight.php |date=15 May 2009 }}

Tribute to Music director Satyam was organised by Sreeramulu entertainment, Andhra club in association with singer Sarada Akunuri USA in Chennai in 2015, where Satyam's wife Krishnaveni and adopted son Trinath had graced the event.

in 2020, Singer Sarada Akunuri organized a Tribute concert to music director Satyam in association with Yuvakalavahini in Hyderabad. Satyam's grandson, music director Vasanth attended the event along with director Sri Kodandaramireddy garu. director Sri Yvs Chowdary, music director Sri K.m. Radha Krishnan and singer Anand Gedela.