Mathagam

Mathagam (transl. Crown) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language gangster drama television series created and directed by Prasath Murugesan for Disney+ Hotstar. The story, which takes place in Chennai over 30 hours, follows police officers as they follow gangsters.^[1]

Mathagam
Promotional poster
Genre	Gangster drama
Directed by	Prasath Murugesan
Starring	Atharvaa K. Manikandan Gautham Vasudev Menon Nikhila Vimal Dhivyadharshini Dilnaz Irani Ilavarasu Vadivukkarasi
Music by	Darbuka Siva
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Cinematography	A. M. Edwin Sakay
Editor	Praveen Antony
Running time	25-30 minutes
Production company	Screen Scene Media Entertainment
Original release
Network	Disney+ Hotstar
Release	18 August 2023 (2023-08-18)

The principal characters of the series include Atharvaa and K. Manikandan.^[2][3] The nine episodic series is premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 18 August 2023.^[4]

Cast

• Atharvaa as DCP Ashwath Rathnakumar^[5]
• K. Manikandan as Padalam Sekar
• Gautham Vasudev Menon as Thirumaaran IAS, Sayanthika’s husband
• Nikhila Vimal as Vaideghi,^[6] Ashwath's wife
• Dhivyadharshini as Safi
• Dilnaz Irani as Sayanthika Biswas, Police Commissioner
• Ilavarasu as Veeravaal Nalangkilli, Minister
• Vadivukkarasi as Kasthuri
• Aruvi Thirunavukkarasu as Kabilan
• Munnar Ramesh as Sangku Ganesan
• "Blacksheep" Nandhini Mahesh as Neeralya
• Sharath Ravi as Guna
• Rishikanth as Nathan
• Murali Abbas as the Councillor
• John Sundhar as Jail Kuyil
• Scissor Manohar as Maava Seth / "Otteri" Jeyamohan

Episodes

Part[a]	Season [a]	Episodes		Originally released
1	1	5[b]		18 August 2023 (2023-08-18)
2		4[b]		12 October 2023 (2023-10-12)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Scent of Crime"	Prasath Murugesan	Prasath Murugesan, Kalyanthuth Pandi, N.Banuchander	18 August 2023 (2023-08-18)
1	2	"Ulterior Motive"	Prasath Murugesan	Prasath Murugesan, Kalyanthuth Pandi, N.Banuchander	18 August 2023 (2023-08-18)
1	3	"Combat Stance"	Prasath Murugesan	Prasath Murugesan, Kalyanthuth Pandi, N.Banuchander	18 August 2023 (2023-08-18)
1	4	"Band Trip"	Prasath Murugesan	Prasath Murugesan, Kalyanthuth Pandi, N.Banuchander	18 August 2023 (2023-08-18)
1	5	"Battle Begins"	Prasath Murugesan	Prasath Murugesan, Kalyanthuth Pandi, N.Banuchander	18 August 2023 (2023-08-18)
1	6	"The Purge"	Prasath Murugesan	Prasath Murugesan, Kalyanthuth Pandi, N.Banuchander	12 October 2023 (2023-10-12)
1	7	"Red Rag"	Prasath Murugesan	Prasath Murugesan, Kalyanthuth Pandi, N.Banuchander	12 October 2023 (2023-10-12)
1	8	"Battering Ram"	Prasath Murugesan	Prasath Murugesan, Kalyanthuth Pandi, N.Banuchander	19 October 2023 (2023-10-19)
1	9	"First Light"	Prasath Murugesan	Prasath Murugesan, Kalyanthuth Pandi, N.Banuchander	19 October 2023 (2023-10-19)

Development

Production

The series is produced by Screen Scene Media Entertainment. Prasath Murugesan, of Kidaari (2016) fame, has directed the series that deals with the nexus between cops and gangsters in Chennai, marking his OTT debut. The music for the series was composed by Darbuka Siva. The cinematography was handled by A. M. Edwin Sakay, editing by Praveen Antony, stunts by Dhilip Subbarayan, and art direction by Suresh Kallery.^[7]

Casting

Atharvaa^[8][9] was cast as Ashwath Rathnakumar and plays a police officer.^[10] K. Manikandan was cast as gangsters.^[11][12] Atharvaa and K. Manikandan's marked his web series debut with this series.^[13]

Release

The first teaser was released on 3 May 2023 featuring Atharvaa and K. Manikandan with Radhika Sarathkumar's voiceover says that the night is watching over everyone - the one who only sees the light and the other who only sees the day.^[14][15] The teaser showcases the conflict between the good and the evil.^[16] It was announced on Wednesday 5 August 2023 that the series will be released on 18 August 2023 in Tamil,^[17] Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi languages on Disney+ Hotstar.^[18]

Notes

1. Some publications refer to "part" as "season."
2. Initially planned for 8 Episode season but later released in 2 parts with 4 episodes each