Aagam (film)
| Aagam | |
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Film poster | |
| Directed by | V. Vijay Anand Sriram |
| Written by | V. Vijay Anand Sriram |
| Produced by | M. Koteeshwara Raju M. Hema Raju |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | R V Charan |
| Edited by | R Manoj Gyan |
| Music by | Vishal Chandrasekhar |
Production company | JYO Star Enterprises |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Aagam (transl. The arrival) is a 2016 Tamil-language film directed by debutante V. Vijay Anand Sriram and starring Irfan and Deekshitha. It was dubbed in Hindi as Corporate Criminal.
Cast
- Irfan as Sai
- Deekshitha as Janani
- Riyaz Khan as Akilesh Acharya
- Jayaprakash as Dr. Sriram
- Y. Gee. Mahendra as Acharya
- Balaji K. Mohan as Partha - Narrator
- Sriranjani as Sai and Partha's mother
- Jeeva Ravi as Sai and Partha's father
- Arjunan as Sai's friend
- Prem as Mrithula
- TSR Srinivasan
- Aliona Munteanu as Aliona
- Vijay Anand Sriram (cameo appearance)
Production
The film is directed by Sriram who worked as an assistant director on Thani Oruvan (2015). Irfan was signed to play an MBA student who exposes a money scam. Deekshitha was signed as the heroine with Riyaz Khan as the antagonist. Jayaprakash and French actress Aliona Munteanu was roped in to play an important role.[1]
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Vishal Chandrasekhar.[2][3]
- "Muttalae" - Anthony Daasan, Senthildass Velayutham
- "Tholaindaen" - Jagadeesh
- "Fly By" - Shilpa Natarajan
- "Aagam" - Mickey, JC
Release
The Deccan Chronicle gave the film two out of five stars and wrote that " One gets a documentary feel at times, which takes away sheen".[4] The Times of India gave the film one-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "We only wish that everything about this film wasn’t so confusing – starting with the story line, the back stories, the mind-boggling amount of actual ‘science’ in the film, brain mapping".[5]
References
- ^ Subhakeerthana, Anupama Subramanian & S. (31 January 2016). "Not touched the darker side of politics in 'Aagam': Vijay Anand Sriram". Deccan Chronicle.
- ^ "Aagam".
- ^ "Aagam team to dedicate a song to Abdul Kalam".
- ^ Subramanian, Anupama (19 March 2016). "Aagam movie review: Film has a documentary feel to it which takes away sheen". Deccan Chronicle.
- ^ Ravi, Nandita (16 April 2016). "Aagam Movie Review {1.5/5}". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2020.