SATTA - A Girl's Journey Into Politics

Madhur Bhandarkar's latest venture starring Raveena Tandon
offers a different perspective.

          MUMBAI: After creating a stir and gaining rave reviews in Bollywood through his earlier production 'Chandni Bar', Director Madhur Bhandarkar is back with his second venture 'Satta' - the game of power, starring Raveena Tandon, Atul Kulkarni and Govind Namdev in the main leads. Produced by Metalight Productions, 'Satta' explores the political journey of a young girl Anuradha Chauhan, played by Raveena Tandon.

           Talking to ANI at the film's press conference held in Mumbai, Raveena expressed satisfaction over the role played by her of a woman with middle class roots. Raveena also applauded Bhandarkar for bringing out the best in her. "This was actually a role for you and me. I play a normal girl in the movie who gets married in a political family and the changes that come to her life after that. I took it very naturally, to be very honest,"Ravina said.

           Talking about casting Raveena in the movie, Madhur, who had earlier thought of Tabu and Karisma to play the lead, said Raveena fitted the character marvelously. He said the movie belonged to Raveena and explored the changes induced into her life after she is forced to stand in the elections by her in-laws. "The story is about a girl who is living alone in Mumbai and she is working in the corporate sector. She falls in love with a politician's son and marries him. In some circumstances, the son goes to jail. As he had to contest the election for the MLA's post in Azad Nagar, the family members zero in on Raveena as the candidate for election. So they force her to do that. The rest is her political journey in the movie," Madhur said.

          And making his debut in Bollywood with 'Satta' is theatre actor Sameer Dharmadhikari who plays the role of a politician's son whose reckless and overwhelming life leads him behind the bars and confines his wife( Raveena), to a neglected and self-sacrificed housewife. Sameer, who was an advertising professional before entering theatres said life in Bollywood was very different from life in theatres. "In theatres, the audience makes you act and in films, the director makes you act because in theatres the reaction and feedback from the audience really boosts you up and makes you act more. In a film, the director boosts you up. That is the main difference between the two," Sameer said.

           While the lyrics for the movie have been penned by Javed Akhtar, the music for the film has been given by Raju Singh, who had earlier given the background score for 'Chandni Bar'. Due to be released on February 7, 'Satta' is a portrayal of what ails our political system in an entertaining way. In an industry, which boasts of more remakes than originals, 'Satta' comes as a fresh breath of air and promises to be a dramatic film with dynamic and riveting performances from its cast which boast of many theatre personalities.