Saagasam (English: Adventure) is a 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, a remake of Telugu film Julai (2012), began production in November 2013, and released during February 2016 as a competitor to Bangalore Naatkal. Upon release it received positive reviews and prasanth was highly praised for his energy level.
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.
Saahasam is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. G. Rajasekharan and produced by Thiruppathi Chettiyar. The film stars MG Soman, Sumalatha, Jose Prakash and K. P. Ummer in lead roles. The film had musical score by Shankar Ganesh.
The music was composed by Shankar Ganesh and lyrics was written by Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan.