'Mumbai Ka King Kaun?' Manoj Bajpayee celebrates 25 years of Satya

One of the most iconic roles in Manoj Bajpayees career is that of Bhiku Mhatre in the 1998 film Satya Directed by Ram Gopal Varma Satya was a gritty raw take on the underbelly of the Mumbai crime sceneAs the movie completed 25 years of release today July 3 Bajpayee shared a video which had glimpses of his character from the film including the memorable scene where he declares himself as the King of Mumbai recounting his achievementsMUMBAI KA KING KAUN 25YearsOfSatya he wrote in the caption tagging Ram Gopal Varma Anurag Kashyap Shefali Shah Urmila Matondkar and Vishal BhardwajView this post on InstagramA post shared by Manoj Bajpayee bajpayeemanojActress Shefali Shah who starred in the film as Bajpayees wife also shared a video montage of glimpses from the film including the song Sapne Mein Milti Hai which still remains a fan favouriteView this post on InstagramA post shared by Shefali Shah shefalishahofficialSpanning over two hours Satya introduced a number of new faces on and off camera including the likes of Anurag Kashyap Apurva Asrani and Bajpayee himself who had never worked in any film as one of the main leads beforeDirector Ram Gopal Varma discovered Bajpayee when he was casting for Daud 1997 a comedy film where he had a supporting role Following the completion of the filming Varma expressed his regret for offering Bajpayee a minor role He then promised Bajpayee a prominent role in his next filmSatya 1998 a crime drama was their next film together In the film Bajpayee played gangster Bhiku Mhatre who accompanies the title character played by JD Chakravarthy to form their nexus in the Mumbai underworld The film follows Satya JD Chakravarthy an immigrant who comes to Mumbai looking for a job befriends Bhiku Mhatre and is drawn into the Mumbai underworldUrmila who played the role of the lead characters love interest tweeted 25yrs of Satya n of playing simple naive chawl girl Vidya at the peak of an scintillating glamorous career But NO what did that have to do with ldquoactingrdquo so no awards n not even nominations So sit down n donrsquot talk to me about favouritism n nepotism jastsaying sic25yrs of Satya n of playing simple naive chawl girl Vidya at the peak of an scintillating glamorous career But NO what did that have to do with ldquoactingrdquo so no awards n not even nominations So sit down n donrsquot talk to me about favouritism n nepotismjastsaying pictwittercomxIcRkHoE8lmdash Urmila Matondkar UrmilaMatondkar July 3 2023Varma initially planned to make an action film but decided to make a film focusing on felonies after meeting some criminals He hired Kashyap and Saurabh Shukla to write the film and opted to use lesserknown actors The soundtrack and score were composed by Vishal Bhardwaj and Sandeep Chowta respectively while the lyrics were written by GulzarSatya was mostly shot in the real slums of Mumbai