''Irandu Mugam'' () is a 2010 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

-language

political Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by R. Aravindraj. The film featured

Sathyaraj Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also includ ...

and

Karan Karan may refer to: People * Karan (given name), an Indian given name * Karan (caste), an Indian caste * Karan Kayastha, a community of Kayastha in Bihar, India * Karan (surname) Places * Karan, Iran (disambiguation), a name for various vi ...

. The film was released to good reviews on 3 September 2010 portraying the poor political system in India.

Plot

Parthasarathy (

) is the son of a cook and a political science graduate. He aspires to become a minister. His mimicry skills get him acquainted with the Chief Minister, who comes to his village for a meeting. He impresses him to become local leader of the party. This incurs him the wrath of Thamizh Sakthi (

Nassar Nassar ( ar, نصار, lit=helper, protector, supporter, victory-maker), is a given name and surname, commonly found in the Arabic language. Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration include Naser, Nasser, Nasir, Naseer ...

), a leader of the same party, who wants to promote his younger brother. A turn of events leads to Thamizh Sakthi helping Parthasarathy become MLA with a promise that he should be with him and support him in all shady deals. As it happens, Parthasarathy now becomes a minister. Their corrupt ways earn them money. There is one Pavithra (

Suhani Kalita Suhani Kalita (born 25 December 1991) is an Indian actress and model, who has appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Bengali and few Bollywood films. She won Nandi Award for Best Child Actress for Hindustan - The Mother in 2000.(in Telugu) ...

), the daughter of opposition leader who is in love with Parthasarathy. Meanwhile, enters Sarveswaran (

), an IAS officer who is committed to clean the political system. He has a bad past. He hatches a conspiracy and succeeds in reforming Parthasarathy. The duo now starts to work for the welfare of the people and also bring to book the greedy and corrupt.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

Bharadwaj Bharadwaj ( hi, भारद्वाज) is a surname mostly used by Brahmins. Notable people with the surname include: *Abhay Bharadwaj (1954–2020), Indian advocate turned politician *Anasuya Bharadwaj (born 1982), Indian television presenter a ...

. *"Kannum Kannum" — Karthik,

Surmukhi Raman Surmukhi Raman (earlier called as Suchithra Raman), born on 15 September 1983 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is an Indian playback singer from Tamil Nadu. She was brought up in Pune, Maharashtra. She occasionally writes lyrics. She is one of the ...

*"Minsaram" — Sathyan, Sunitha Menon *"Yaanai Ketti" —

Mukesh Mohamed Mukesh Mohamed (earlier called Mukesh) is an Indian playback singer who is known for his mass-style singing. As a versatile singer, he sings melody, folk and gana songs. He has sung more than 500 film songs in various Indian languages. He has also ...

, Ananthu, Surmega *"Aasa Vachen" — Sunitha Menon *"Penn Nenjam" — Bharadwaj

Critical reception

''Sify'' wrote "If you are looking for pure escapist masala fare, Irandu Mugam is just ok." ''Times of India'' wrote "It is an exciting storyline. But the director falls prey to the beaten-to-death formula — improbable fight scenes included."

References

External links

* *
Irandu Mugam
' at

Oneindia.in Oneindia.com is an Indian website established in January 2006 by BG Mahesh. The website provides news updates, information on sports, events, travel, entertainment, business, lifestyle, videos, and classifieds in seven different Indian language ...

2010 films 2010 action films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films Films scored by Bharadwaj (composer) Indian political films Indian political thriller films Films directed by R. Aravindraj {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub