Pagiri

Pagiri (transl. WhatsApp^[1]) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Esakki Karvannan and starring newcomer Prabhu Ranaveeran and Shravya.

Pagiri
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Esakki Karvannan
Written by	Esakki Karvannan
Produced by	Esakki Karvannan
Starring	Prabhu Ranaveeran Shravya
Cinematography	Veerakumar
Music by	Karunas (songs) S. N. Arunagiri (score)
Production company	Lakshmi Creations
Release date	16 September 2016 (2016-09-16)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Prabhu Ranaveeran as Murugan
• Shravya as Madhu
• Ravi Mariya
• A. Venkatesh as Madhu's father
• T. P. Gajendran
• K. Rajan as a politician
• G. Marimuthu as a politician
• Adhira
• Rani as Murugan's mother
• Supergood Subramani as Murugan's father
• Saravana Subbiah as a police officer
• Vengal Rao
• Bava Lakshmanan
• Rani as Madhu's mother

Production

The film is about the effects of WhatsApp and the predicaments of farmers.^[1]

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by Karunas.^[2] The audio was released by director Vasanthabalan.^[1]

All lyrics are written by Jeevan Mayil.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kudi Kudi"	Karunas	4:01
2.	"Manasum Vayasum (Female)"	Grace Karunas	3:44
3.	"Kudi Kudi"	Jaya Murthy	4:01
4.	"Manasum Vayasum (Male)"	Prasanna	4:14
Total length:			16:00

Release and reception

The film, along with Sadhuram 2, was only released at 6pm at Chennai on 16 September due to the Kaveri River water dispute.^[3]

The Times of India gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and stated that "The film feels like a missed opportunity, especially at a time when farmers are fighting for water".^[4] Deccan Chronicle gave the film the same rating and wrote that " In the end, Pagiri is a very novel twist to the 'common man woes' idea, but shallow comedy undermines the impact it could have had".^[5] A critic from The New Indian Express wrote that "The plot had the potential to turn into an interesting satire and the director has made an attempt to move away from a formulaic-setting too. But the lack of fizz and punch in the script has turned it into a mediocre fare".^[6]