Pagadai Pagadai

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Pagadai Pagadai
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Tamil பகடை பகடை
Directed by Sasi Shanker
Written byV. Prabhakaran (dialogues)
Screenplay byV. Prabhakaran
Story bySasi Shanker
Starring Dilip Kumar Salvadi
Divya Singh
CinematographyY. N. Murali
Edited by Suresh Urs
Music by John Peter
Ramji
Production
companies
Wisdom Films
VRDD Arts Films
Release date
  • 5 December 2014 (2014-12-05) [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Pagadai Pagadai is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic action thriller film directed by Sasi Shanker and starring Dilip Kumar Salvadi in dual roles and Divya Singh. [2] The film was released to mixed-to-negative reviews.

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Cast

Soundtrack

Reception

A critic from The New Indian Express wrote that "There is nothing much to entice a viewer in the movie". [3] A critic from iFlicks wrote that "Director Sasi Shankar has tried to make the movie lively but the lack of continuity is a big drawback. Likewise many comedians are present in the cast but the director fails to make the movie hilarious". [4] On the contrary, a critic from Kungumam wrote that "Director Sasi Shankar has told the story humorously with comedy actors". [5]

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