Although Malayalam cinema has produced several talented actors over the decades, with many among them ranking as India’s finest of all time, if you ask industry professionals or the audience who they believe the absolute GOATs may be, they will have only a few answers. In such lists, you must have come across this name too — Sathyan. Reverently referred to as “Sathyan Master,” he played a key role in setting a unique standard for screen acting in Malayalam. At a time when most artistes across the country adhered to a highly dramatised performance style influenced by theatres, Sathyan was one of the first to embrace, master, and refine the realistic acting style, which many later aspirants adopted. It even became a salient feature of Malayalam cinema. In a way, it can be said that Sathyan w

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