Sathyaa is really a remake from the 1985 Hindi film Arjun. It marked the directorial debut of Suresh Krissna who previously assisted K. Balachander.[6][7] Krissna avoided making a shot-for-shot remake of Arjun; As outlined by him, "we took only standard theme from the original and worked on it". A couple elopes to have married and set up household