Meagamann (2014)

An undercover cop is involved in an operation to make a most wanted gangster come out of hiding. Can he succeed amidst suspicion, betrayal and loss?

Director:

Magizh Thirumeni

Stars:

Arya, Ashutosh Rana, Hansika Motwani

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Arya	...	Arul (as Aarya)
Ashutosh Rana	...	Jothi
Hansika Motwani	...	Usha
Ramana	...	Karthik / Maanik
Mahadevan	...	Chitti
Avinash	...	Corrupt Police Officer
Sudhanshu Pandey	...	Rane
Ashish Vidyarthi	...	Sharma
Harish Uthaman	...	Guru
Maha Gandhi	...	Isaac
Pandi Ravi	...	Jothi's Sidekick
O.A.K. Sunder	...	Benjamin Vas
Saravana Subbiah	...	Senior Police Officer
Anupama Kumar	...	Bharathi Vishwanath
Anandhi	...	Pavithra

Storyline

A cop Arul (Arya) is on an undercover mission to capture the underworld don Jothi (Ashutosh Rana) who runs a smuggling mafia in Goa. When both Arul and his friend Chandra (Ramanna) plans to arrest Jothi, things go haywire and the rest of the story tells us whether Arul completes his mission by playing a mind game.

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil

Release Date:

25 December 2014 (India)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nemichand Jhabak

Technical Specs

Runtime:

139 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Yaen Ingu Vandhaan
Produced by S. Thaman
Written by Madhan Karky
Performed by A.V. Pooja

User Reviews

Best movie of the year.. Different direction of the genre

An intense thriller that sheds light on the deadly cold war between powerful drug cartels and the police. We have seen such gangster vs cop thrillers in Tamil cinema before but this movie takes the genre a few notches up though the movie execution is quite similar to the 2003 "Khakka Khakka" acted by Surya. This plays more like a Hollywood cold war spy thriller in Tamil

Meaghamann takes a while to pick up, with the director taking his time to introduce the dozen or more major characters. But once we get the background info on the various gangs, cops and the moles on either side, we are drawn into the plot, which is intricately woven and manages to keep us on the edge of our seats. The pre-interval portions, especially, are quite tense and intense Firstly this movie does not have much songs and any intro songs, hard hitting music to introduce ajith, vijay or any popular heroes to establish the characters, it just goes right into them without wasting time on unnecessary distractive introductions or comedy scenes . The director Maghil Thirumeni have previously directed the ultra dark crime noir movie "Thadayara Thakka" but in this movie has avoided direct gruesome or violence scenes but concentrated more on thrilling the audiences with mindbending wits and shrewdness. The killing of a police officer after being discovered is mentally gruesome scene which lets u imagine the aftermath rather than show it all .We can see the director;s touch for such scenes from Thadayara Thakka A few loopholes in the movie which are barely noticeable But, Maghilzh Thirumeni has a flair for staging tense sequences as proved in his previous film, Thadayara Thaaka, this too, has some solid nail-biting moments) and that helps us look over the flaws. An definite upcoming director soon the join the ranks of Gautham menon

Do not go in expecting chartbuster songs as the songs are pretty non existent in this movie

THe art direction and camera-work is top notch and apt for the film. the only lacking aspect is the background score which seems to be minimal.But overall adds on the tense mood throughout the film. overall the director carries the crime noir from his previous movie into this one albeit slightly differently . Highly recommended .