''Asuraguru'' is a 2020 Indian

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-language

action thriller 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 ...

written and directed by A.Raajdheep, produced by JSB. Sathish under JSB film studios banner, dialogues penned by

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and Chandru Manickavasagam. The film stars

Vikram Prabhu Vikram Prabhu is an Indian actor working in Tamil language films who made his debut in Prabhu Solomon's '' Kumki'' (2012). He also played the protagonist in ''Ivan Veramathiri'' (2013) and '' Vellaikaara Durai'' (2014). He is the son of actor P ...

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in lead roles while

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, and

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playing supportive roles in the film. The film is bankrolled by J.S.B. Sathish under his production company JSB Film Studios. The film released on 13 March 2020.

Plot

The film starts off by showing Shakthi successfully robbing a moving train by cutting a hole in its roof. The police department appoints about-to-retire C. K. Manickavasagam to find out the culprit behind the train heist. Meanwhile, private detective Diya, who works exclusively for criminals, investigates a separate robbery from the car of a young man called Malik, son of the crime lord Jamalhudeen. Diya eventually comes across a video showing Shakti's face at the robbery. Even whilst being pursued by Manickavasagam, Shakti carries out another heist from a flower market. The police chief and a few other officers get there immediately afterwards, but Shakti has already escaped. Everyone at the flower shop is arrested. Wanting to catch Shakti, he makes the IDCK bank put out a fake announcement. Shakthi's policeman friend Jagannathan warns him not to do it, but his urge to steal overcomes him, and he carries it out right under the nose of Manickavasagam, who was waiting in the bank. Diya breaks into Shakti's house and waits for him to return. Shakti opens a secret door containing all the money he ever stole, before Diya knocks him unconscious and walks in. She calls Jamal and tells him where all his money is. Jagan eventually arrives and finds an unconscious Shakti and Diya in the room. After being accused by Diya of being criminals, Jagan explains that Shakti has had a mental disorder from childhood where he feels an incredibly strong urge to steal money for no reason at all. To help him curb his urges, Jagan became an officer in the economic crime department and always tells him where to steal illegal money. Diya helps the two escape from Jamal, who takes all the money from the room. Manickavasagam eventually captures Sakthi and Jagan, then complains to them about a corrupt politician who intends on bribing other politicians to win an election. Shakthi offers to steal the money for him, and Manickavasagam accepts. Shakti does so successfully, but then Jamal and his thugs arrive at the scene and try to grab the money, but all his goons are eventually knocked out or killed by Shakti or Manickavasagam, and Jamal himself is shot. Then Manickavasagam reveals to Shakti that he too is a corrupt person, and intends on keeping the money for himself. Before he can shoot Shakthi, the other police officers come and stop him. Rather than arresting him, they choose to hush it up to save the reputation of the state police force. Shakti and Diya are thanked publicly, and it is announced that 15 lakh rupees will be paid to each of all the farmers in India using the stolen money.

Cast

as Shakti *

as Diya *

as C. K. Manickavasagam IPS *

as 'Digital India' Dinakaran *

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as Jagannathan *

as Jamaludhe * Kumaravel as Kumaravel *

Manobala Manobala (born 8 December 1953) is an Indian film director, producer, actor and comedian who predominantly plays supporting roles in Tamil-language films. He started his career in Tamil cinema in the early 1970s and with Kamal Haasan's refere ...

as Shakti's boss *

Jangiri Madhumitha Madhumitha is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil language films and reality show in vijay TV. She often portrays comedy roles and made her film debut through Rajesh's ''Oru Kal Oru Kannadi'' (2012). She also participated in TV shows like Lol ...

as Officer Maheswari *

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as Diya's mother * Risha as Navya *Jai Murli Kanna as Young Shakthi * Boys Rajan as R. Rajesh Kanan *

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as a henchman * Pasanga Sivakumar as Psychiatrist * Robo Chandru as a police officer

Production

The project was commenced by A. Rajdeep who previously served as a former associate of director

Mohan Raja Mohan Raja is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu film industries. After making his debut in the Telugu film ''Hanuman Junction'' (2001), he went on to remake several successful Telugu films into Tamil, ...

, made his maiden directorial venture through this film. The film was apparently signed by Vikram Prabhu while he was busy shooting for his long-awaited film, '' Thuppakki Munai''. The shooting of the film went on floors from 15 February 2018 and was mainly shot in

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and Udumalaipet. The

principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as a ...

of the film was commenced on 15 February 2018.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ganesh Raghavendra with lyrics by

and Ganesh Raghavendra.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt8011344 2020 films 2020s Tamil-language films Films shot in Chennai Indian action thriller films Indian crime thriller films 2020 crime thriller films 2020 action thriller films