Saagasam

Saagasam
Poster
Directed by	Arun Raj Varma
Produced by	Thiagarajan (presenter) Shanthi Thiagarajan
Written by	Thiagarajan
Story by	Trivikram Srinivas
Based on	Julai by Trivikram Srinivas
Starring	Prashanth Amanda Rosario
Music by	S. Thaman
Cinematography	Shaji Kumar Soundararajan
Edited by	Zashi Qmer
Production company	Staar Movies
Distributed by	Sri Thenandal Films
Release date	5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Saagasam (English: Adventure) is a 2016 Tamil action comedy film being directed by Arun Raj Varma and written and produced by Thiagarajan. The film features Prashanth and Amanda Rosario in the roles, while an ensemble cast including Thambi Ramaiah, Vamsi Krishna and Abi Saravanan portray supporting roles. The film is a remake of the 2012 Telugu film Julai , began production in November 2013 and released during February 2016.

Prashanth and his father, Thiagarajan scouted locations to make the film while on business trips to Kuwait and Australia. The team soon requested fans to name the film through a poll on Facebook, with the titles considered including Asthiram and Modhi Paar, before Saahasam was finalised. The film progressed through the end of 2013 with little media coverage, and the technical crew and cast remained unannounced. In early February 2014, it was announced that Arun Raj Varma was making his debut as a director while Sakthi Saravanan and Devi Sri Prasad would be cinematographer and music composer respectively. In a turn of events, Thaman replaced Devi Sri Prasad as composer, working on an original soundtrack.

The team re-began work after a break in late May 2014 and it was announced that Nargis Fakhri had signed on to appear in an item number. The song, composed by Thaman and written by Madhan Karky, was filmed in late July 2014 at Binny Mills, Chennai. Nargis Fakhri had flown from Hungary to be a part of the shoot, with Raju Sundaram choreographing the song also featuring hundred extras.Tamannaah was briefly linked as the female lead, before Australian model Amanda Rosario was chosen as the lead actress in the film. The team subsequently shot for the film in late 2014 and early 2015 in locations including Coimbatore, Chennai, Malaysia and Japan. A week prior to the film's release in February 2016, the film was retitled from Saahasam to Saagasam, with the tagline Enra Veerachayal, in order to recoup tax benefits.