''Vanjagar Ulagam'' () is a 2018 Indian

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film directed by Manoj Beedha in his directorial debut with dialogues written by Beedha and Vinayak. The film stars

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Ciby Bhuvana Chandran Ciby Bhuvana Chandran (born 5 August 1991) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his debut as a minor character in '' O Kadhal Kanmani'' (2015) before playing the protagonist in ''Vanjagar Ulagam'' (2018). He also par ...

, Vishagan Vanangamudi, and

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, with

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, and

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in supporting roles. The music is composed by

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while cinematography is handled by Rodrigo Del Rio Herrara and Saravanan Ramasamy. The film was released in India on 7 September 2018. The film is also set to be the first Tamil film in to use both

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and

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for a song.

Cast

as Sampath (Durai Raj) *

as Shanmugam alias Shaam * Vishagan Vanangamudi as Vishagan *

as Samyuktha *

as Mythili *

as W. George (commissioner) *

as Maaran *

as Mahalingam *

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as Police Inspector Neela Megam * Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan as Bala * Manoj Mettur as Student Gang Leader * Moorthy as Police Constable Santhanam

Production

The project titled as ''Vanjagar Ulagam'' was commenced in early 2017 by director Manoj Beedha which was his maiden directorial venture and also previously served as a former assistant of

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. Telugu actress Anisha Ambrose was signed up to play the female lead role and also marks her debut in Kollywood industry through this film. The film was bankrolled under production studio Labyrinth Films by Manjula Beedha. A popular Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Del Herrara was hired as the main cinematographer to make high quality action sequences, and Saravanan Ramasamy is also selected for additional cinematographer as well. The film was also speculated to be the first Tamil film in Kollywood industry to combine both Carnatic and dubstep for an album song titled ''Kannanin Leelai''. The official trailer of the film was released by popular film director

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on 15 February 2018. The film censored with clean "A" certificate from

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Soundtrack

The music is scored by Sam CS and album consists of 3 songs. The official single titled ''Kannadi Nenjan'' which was sung by

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and was released on 15 August 2018 as an independence day special for India by music composer

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. Another popular music composer

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also collaborated with Sam CS and sung for the song titled ''Thee Yazhini''. Behindwoods given 2.25 stars out of 5 and Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars.

Release

The production of the movie was concluded in early 2018 and was slated to be released on 6 April 2018 but was later postponed to have its theatrical release in the month of August but delayed again due to the tight race at the box office. The film was released on 7 September 2018.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt7933564 2010s Tamil-language films 2018 directorial debut films 2018 crime thriller films Indian crime thriller films Hyperlink films Indian gangster films Films scored by Sam C. S.