Arasangam

Arasangam
Theatrical release poster
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
  • 9 April 2008 (2008-04-09)
Running time
 156 minutes.
Country India
Language Tamil

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 19 May 2008 with positive reviews from critics and become a hit.[2][3]

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

Soundtrack

  • Jil Jil — Rita
  • Pookkal Ethanai — Prasanna, Swetha
  • Cindrella — Ujjaini
  • KO Kuruvi — Suchithra

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]

References

  1. ↑ http://mio.to/album/Arasangam+(2008)
  2. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/may/09ssa.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-1/arasangam-review.html
  4. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/ssa/20080509.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-1/arasangam-review.html


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