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Arasangam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byR. Madhesh
Written byR. Madhesh
Produced byL. K. Sudhish
StarringVijayakanth
Navaneet Kaur
Sheryl Pinto
CinematographyVenkatesh Anguraj
Edited byAnthony
Music bysongs:
Srikanth Deva[1]
background score:
Sabesh-Murali
Production
company
Captain Cine Creations
Distributed byPyramid Saimira
Release date
  • 9 April 2008 (2008-04-09)
Running time
156 minutes.
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Arasangam (transl. Government) is a 2008 Indian Tamil language crime thriller film written and directed by R. Madhesh and produced by L. K. Sudhish. The film stars Vijayakanth in the lead role, making this his 150th film, along with Biju Menon in dual role, while Navaneet Kaur and Sheryl Pinto, Rahul Dev and Riyaz Khan play supporting roles. The film's soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva with cinematography by Venkatesh Anguraj and editing by Anthony. The film was released on 9 April 2008. The film was shot in India and Canada.

Plot

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Economically and strategically important CEOs, scientists, etc. are assassinated all over India. Since many of such murders take place in Chennai, the Home Minister of Tamil Nadu pressurizes the DGP to speed up the investigation. ATS officer Manoj is invited to Chennai from Mumbai to help the Tamil Nadu Police Department. He mysteriously disappears during the flight. The police departments concludes there is a link between the assassinations and the disappearance of Manoj and hands over both the cases to criminologist and police trainer Arivarasu, who is also a close friend and brother-in-law of Manoj. Arivarasu's investigation takes him to Toronto, Canada, where he meets Manoj's lookalike Martin Jayapal, who has hatched a plot to destabilize India. How Arivarasu thwarts his intentions forms the rest of the story.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay and Kabilan.

Song Singers Lyrics
"Jil Jil" Rita Kabilan
"Pookkal Ethanai" Prasanna, Swetha Mohan
"Ko Kuruvi" Suchitra, Hemambika
"Cindrella" Ujjayinee Roy Pa. Vijay
"Adelaru Acham" Ranjith, Megha

Critical reception

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Rediff wrote "Arasangam (Government) directed by Madhesh and starring 'Captain' Vijayakanth certainly didn't inspire wild hopes of an excellent movie. But fate has a way of throwing you off. This movie is one such pleasant surprise" and also noted "In the end though, its Madhesh's screenplay that wins, showing some signs of intelligence and hard work."[2] Behindwoods wrote "With a script that provides enough fodder for a typical Vijayakanth movie, Director Madhesh has done his best to present it with credibility. His attempts succeed in the first half and lose steam in the latter."[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Arasangam (2008) – Srikanth Deva". Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021 – via mio.to.
  2. ^ Srinivasan, Pavithra. "Arasangam, a pleasant surprise". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Arasangam – Movie Review". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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