''Sagaa'' () is a 2019 Indian

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directed by Murugesh. It was produced by R. Selvakumar and Ramprasath. The film features

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, Ayra,

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, Sree Raam, Pandi, Neeraja, and Prithvi Rajan. Music director Shabir composed the songs and background music. Niran Chander handled the cinematography, while Hariharan did the editing. The film released on 1 February 2019 to mixed reviews from critics criticizing the writing, dialogues and cinematography.

Synopsis

The movie is set in the dark areas of a bustling metro. Orphans Sathya (Saran Shakthi) and Kathir ( Pandi) are raised by a local transgender woman. They are orphaned again when she is killed by her brother over a property dispute. Sathya and Kathir avenge her death and then land in jail. While in jail, Kathir is killed by a rowdy named Ganga ( Prithvi Rajan). Sathya vows to kill Ganga. He befriends inmates Shiva (

) and Jacky ( Sree Raam) and escapes with them, but Jacky gets caught. After that, Shiva and Sathya separate. The warden learns of their escape. He catches Shiva and pushes him to reveal Sathya's whereabouts. Shiva leads him to a house where Sathya is hiding but is shocked to find his sweetheart Pooja (Neeraja) instead. He is killed by the warden for showing the wrong place. Meanwhile, Sathya gets on a bus. One of the warden's henchmen arrives to kill him. He falls in love with Aarohi (Ayra), a young girl who saves him from the henchman. Later, he is seen fighting with Ganga, but Ganga is killed by Jacky. Jacky reveals that his sister Jeni (Gayathri Krishnaa) was raped and killed by Ganga, and he sought revenge. Sathya beats up Ganga. The movie ends with Sathya telling Aarohi that he will come back for her one day.

Cast

as Sathya * Ayra as Aarohi, Sathya's love interest * Kishore DS as Shiva * Sree Raam as Jacky * Pandi as Kathir * Neeraja S Das as Pooja, Shiva's love interest * Prithvi Rajan as Ganga * Thennavan as Rajendran, a jail warden *

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as Jail Warden *

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as Convict * Gayathri Krishnaa as Jeni, Jacky's sister *

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as Jail Warden * Ravi Venkatraman as Anbumani IPS * Kannan * Harish * Subash * Baby Savi * Master Vikash * Master Bubesh

Production

Sagaa is SellyCinemas' debut film venture. Pre-production commenced in January 2015. Principal photography began in EVP film city in Chennai. The film's jail sets were constructed and erected by SellyCinemas. The filming progressed at the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry and concluded in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The film released on 1 February 2019.

Soundtrack

Shabir signed on to the project in early 2015. The album consists of 7 songs. Shabir had reportedly collaborated with a European orchestra to produce one of the pieces. The album features Malaysian and international Tamil rap pioneer Dr. Burn, South East Asian metal band Rudra, singer and actress

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, playback singer

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, and gospel singer Alphonse. The soundtrack was produced in four countries including

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and

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. The initial single "Sevulu Kizhiyum" was released on 9 May 2016. The music video featuring Shabir and the cast was released on YouTube by

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. The hit single "Yaayum" took its lyric from classical Tamil poetic work ''

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'' from Sagaa achieved millions of views on YouTube. The album received rave reviews with IndiaGLitz calling it "Strikingly Impressive".

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' gave the film two out of five stars and wrote that "''Sagaa'' is a classic example of bad writing ruining a premise that has promise". A critic from ''

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'' gave the film 2 out of 5 writing "While, it is impressive that he doesn't pull back any punches because his actors play boys, and not men, they are hence burdened with pointless romantic numbers, sacrificial side-kicks, too many slow-motion shots, hollow punch dialogues, and inconsequential heroines."

References

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*{{IMDb title, 7938416 2019 films Indian crime action films 2019 crime action films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films Indian buddy films