Arasangam
Arasangam (English: Government) is a 2008 Indian Tamil language crime thriller film directed by R. Madhesh. The film stars Vijayakanth in the lead role, making this his 150th film, along with Navaneet Kaur, Sheryl Pinto, Rahul Dev, Biju Menon, Sriman, and Riyaz Khan. Produced by L. K. Sudhish the film had soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva and distributed by Pyramid Saimira. Shot in India and Canada, the film released on 9 May 2008 with positive reviews from critics and become a Super Hit.[2][3]
| Arasangam | |
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| Tamil | அரசாங்கம் |
| Directed by | R. Madhesh |
| Produced by | L. K. Sudhish |
| Written by | R. Madhesh |
| Starring | Vijayakanth Navaneet Kaur Sheryl Pinto Rahul Dev Biju Menon Sriman Riyaz Khan |
| Music by | Srikanth Deva[1] |
| Cinematography | Venkatesh |
| Edited by | Anthony |
Production company | Captain Cine Creations |
| Distributed by | Pyramid Saimira |
Release date |
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Running time | 156 minutes. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
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 Department concludes there is a link between the assassinations and the disappearance of Manoj and hands over both the cases to criminologist and IPS Trainer Arivarasu IPS, who is also a close friend and brother-in-law of Manoj.
Arivarasu's investigation takes him to Toronto, Ontario, 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
- Vijayakanth as Arivarasu IPS
- Navneet Kaur as Aarthi
- Sheryl Pinto as Lara
- Biju Menon as Manoj and Martin Jayapal
- Ravichandran as Home Minister of Tamil Nadu (guest appearance)
- Rahul Dev as Chandru
- Riyaz Khan as Jaffar
- Sriman as Terrorist
- Deepan Chakravarthy as DGP
- Darini
- Akhila as Manisha, Manoj's sister
- Sathya
- Anjali Devi as Valliammal
- Rajendranath as Police inspector
- Rail Ravi as Doctor
- Pattinapakkam Jayaram as Cable TV operator
- Suzane George as Insurance sales agent
- Ramana Madhesh in a cameo appearance
- Leena Sidhu in a special appearance
Soundtrack
Lyrics written by P. Vijay and Kabilan.
- Jil Jil — Rita
- Pookkal Ethanai — Prasanna, Swetha Mohan
- Cindrella — Ujjaini
- KO Kuruvi — Suchitra Hemambiga
Critical reception
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."[4] 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."[5]
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