Sagaptham
| Sagaptham | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Surendran |
| Written by | Velumani (dialogues) |
| Story by | Naveen Krishna |
| Produced by | L. K. Sudhish |
| Starring | Shanmugapandian Neha Hinge Shubra Aiyappa |
| Cinematography | S. K. Bhupathi |
| Edited by | S. P. Ahmed |
| Music by | Karthik Raja |
Production company | Captain Cine Creations |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Sagaptham is a Tamil movie directed by Surendran and produced by L. K. Sudhish. The film features newcomer Shanmugapandian, Neha Hinge and Shubra Aiyappa in the leading roles. The film began production in December 2013 and released on 2 April 2015.
Cast
- Shanmugapandian as Saga
- Neha Hinge as Neha
- Shubra Aiyappa as Priya
- Ranjith as Chinrasu
- Devayani as Lakshmi
- Jagan as Maruthu
- Singampuli as Tiger
- Powerstar Srinivasan as R. Manmadhan
- Suresh
- Shanmugarajan as Neha's father
- Saurav Chakrabarti
- Thalaivasal Vijay as Dinesh
- Bose Venkat
- Rajendranath as Saga's father
- Rekha Suresh as Neha's mother
- Prema Priya as Guruvamma
- Muthukalai
Production
In June 2011, actor Vijayakanth revealed that his youngest son Shanmugapandian would be introduced as an actor in the Tamil film industry and began looking for apt scripts for his debut venture.[1][2] Shanmugapandian, then a Visual Communications student at Loyola College, Chennai, began taking dance lessons and martial arts practice, to get into better physical shape before his first film. Vijayakanth initially considered remaking the Telugu film, Brindavanam (2010) as well other projects directed by K. S. Ravikumar and Hari,[3] but later opted for an original script written by Naveen, with dialogues by Velumani.[4] By the end of 2012, it was finalised that Vijayakanth's brother-in-law L. K. Sudhish would be the film's producer and newcomer Santhoshkumar Rajan, would be director.[5] The film was launched on 12 December 2013 at Aandal Azhagar Illam in Saligramam, Chennai with several of Vijayakanth's contemporaries in attendance. Early reports speculated that actor Vijay and Vijayakanth himself, would play guest roles, but speculation was denied.
The film began its first schedule in and around Pollachi, Azhiyar Dam, Valparai and Anaimalai for close to a month. The second schedule of the film’s shoot was held in Kumbakonam for three weeks during when a song involving 1000 junior artistes and 200 dancers was shot for 6 days. However during production in September 2014, Santhoshkumar Rajan left the project after falling out with the producers, complaining that there was too much interference in the scripting and film-making process.[6] Reports suggested that Vijayakanth would take over as director, though eventually another debutant Surendran, was handed the opportunity.[7] In November 2014, it was revealed that the film's shoot was progressing in Malaysia with two former beauty pageant contestants making their film debuts as the lead actresses. Reports suggested Neha Kapur and Shubra Aiyappa were cast as heroines, while it was later clarified that Neha Hinge and not Kapur was chosen.[8] The team later moved to film action scenes in Thailand, with Rocky Rajesh and Kecha Khamphakdee signed up as the stunt choreographers.[9] Sound Track Enakkanavan from the vocals of Chinmayi reached audista tamiltop10 from the day of release[10] The film became one of the most disliked movies of South India, and was greatly humiliated by major critics like Itsprashanth
Soundtrack
The soundtrack is composed by Karthik Raja. In December 2014, Silambarasan, Andrea Jeremiah and Remya Nambeesan recorded a song for the film, which had lyrics written by Parthy Bhaskar.[11][12] The soundtrack was named the best Tamil album of February 2015 by Deccan Music[13]
- Adiye Rathiye - Silambarasan, Andrea, Ramya Nambeesan
- Enakkanavan - Chinmayi
- Karichan Kuruvi - Karthik, Chinmayi
- Oorukku Perumai - Vijayprakash
- Vaada Vaada - Senthildas, Ramya NSK
Reception
The film received uniformly negative reviews from all the critics. FilmBeat gave the movie a 1.5 out of 5[14] and The Hindu gave the movie 0.5 out of 10.[15]
References
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- ^ "Vijayakanth's son Shanmuga Pandian to turn hero - KOLLY TALK". KOLLY TALK. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
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- ^ "Vijaykanth's Son Became Hero". Tamil Cinema News - Movie Reviews - Gossips. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Vijaykanth to launch his son". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ CF. "Former Beauty queens heroines opposite Jr. Vijayakanth in Sagaptham - KOLLY TALK". KOLLY TALK. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ Sai Shyam. "Sagaptham director quits… Vijayakanth takes over". iFlickz. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Miss India and Miss Bangalore for Sagaptham! - Miss India Miss Bangalore- Vijaykanth Son- Sagaptham- Shanmugapandian - Cinemalead.com -". Cinemalead.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Thuppakki connection in Sagaptham". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ http://www.audista.com/tamiltop10/2015-W7
- ^ "Silambarasan Sings For Sagaptham". Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Simbu, Andrea, Remya Nambeesan together for a song". Only Kollywood. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ Best Tamil Songs and Albums February 2015 Deccan Music - March 1, 2015
- ^ http://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/movies/sagaptham.html
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/sagapthama-chapter-tamil-cinema-could-have-done-without/article7061973.ece