Aagam (film)

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Aagam
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Directed byVijay Anand Sriram
Written byVijay Anand Sriram
Produced byM.Koteeshwara Raju
M.Hema Raju
Starring
Narrated byBalaji
CinematographyR V Charan
Edited byR Manoj Gyan
Music by Vishal Chandrasekhar
Production
company
JYO Star Enterprises
Release date
  • 18 March 2016 (2016-03-18)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Aagam is a 2016 Tamil-language film directed by debutante Vijay Anand Sriram and starring Irfan and Deekshitha. It was dubbed in Hindi as Corporate Criminal.

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Cast

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]

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]

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References

  1. Subhakeerthana, Anupama Subramanian & S. (31 January 2016). "Not touched the darker side of politics in 'Aagam': Vijay Anand Sriram". Deccan Chronicle.
  2. "Aagam".
  3. "Aagam team to dedicate a song to Abdul Kalam".
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