| Arasangam | |
| Starring: | Vijayakanth Navaneet Kaur Sheryl Pinto |
| Director: | R. Madhesh |
| Producer: | L. K. Sudhish |
| Music: | Srikanth Deva[1] |
| Cinematography: | Venkatesh Anguraj |
| Editing: | Anthony |
| Distributor: | Pyramid Saimira |
| Studio: | Captain Cine Creations |
| Runtime: | 156 minutes. |
| Language: | Tamil |
| Country: | India |
Arasangam is a 2008 Indian Tamil language crime thriller film written and directed by R. Madhesh and produced by L. K. Sudhish. The film stars Vijayakanth in the lead role, making this his 150th film, along with Biju Menon in dual role, while Navaneet Kaur and Sheryl Pinto, Rahul Dev and Riyaz Khan play supporting roles. The film's soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva with cinematography by Venkatesh Anguraj and editing by Anthony. The film was released on 9 April 2008. The film was shot in India and Canada.
Economically and strategically important CEOs, scientists, etc. are assassinated all over India. Since many of such murders take place in Chennai, the Home Minister of Tamil Nadu pressurizes the DGP to speed up the investigation. ATS officer Manoj is invited to Chennai from Mumbai to help the Tamil Nadu Police Department. He mysteriously disappears during the flight. The police departments concludes there is a link between the assassinations and the disappearance of Manoj and hands over both the cases to criminologist and police trainer Arivarasu, who is also a close friend and brother-in-law of Manoj. Arivarasu's investigation takes him to Toronto, Canada, where he meets Manoj's lookalike Martin Jayapal, who has hatched a plot to destabilize India. How Arivarasu thwarts his intentions forms the rest of the story.
Lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay and Kabilan.
| Song | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Jil Jil" | Kabilan | |
| "Pookkal Ethanai" | Prasanna, Swetha Mohan | |
| "Ko Kuruvi" | Suchitra, Hemambika | |
| "Cindrella" | Pa. Vijay | |
| "Adelaru Acham" | Ranjith, Megha |
Rediff wrote "Arasangam (Government) directed by Madhesh and starring 'Captain' Vijayakanth certainly didn't inspire wild hopes of an excellent movie. But fate has a way of throwing you off. This movie is one such pleasant surprise" and also noted "In the end though, its Madhesh's screenplay that wins, showing some signs of intelligence and hard work."[2] Behindwoods wrote "With a script that provides enough fodder for a typical Vijayakanth movie, Director Madhesh has done his best to present it with credibility. His attempts succeed in the first half and lose steam in the latter."[3]