Aagam movie review: Film has a documentary feel to it which takes away sheen

Direction: Dr Vijay Anand Sriram

Cast: Irfan, Deekshitha, Jayaprakash, Riyaz Khan

Aagam by debutant director Dr Vijay Anand Sriram tries to impart a huge message to the youth of India. It is an attempt to tell youngsters to stay in India and contribute to its growth rather than resorting to go abroad after completing their studies here. But did he succeed in his attempt?

Sai (Irfan) a final year student runs a movement to prevent students to leave the country for better pasture. He believes in our former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s vision 2020 of making India a superpower by coming together and uses our abundant resources. However, he faces the wrath of Akilesh Acharya (Riyaz Khan) an agent to abroad companies who brain drains the cream of the educated students and packs them off to foreign courtiers for work. He is the son of greedy HRD minster Acharya (Y GEE Mahendran) and also indulges in fake recruitment. And one such victim is Sai’s own brother Paartha (Balaji) who is hell bent upon going to abroad. Meanwhile, there is this Dr Sriram (Jayaprakash) who envisages a proposal which would empower the youth here and helps develop India. Sriram is stuck with his project with lack of funds and that’s when Akilesh pitches in with ulterior motives.

Irfan fits the role and does a decent job although one wishes the performing actor deserves a better screen space and well-etched character. Debutant Deekshitha appears in few scenes and vanishes. Riyaz Khan is just about adequate in a predictable role. Jayaprakash does his part with ease. Balaji’s comedy falls flat. All right, the director has taken a patriotic subject and his intensions are good but he errs while executing it. One gets a documentary feel at times, which takes away sheen. Also, the narration seems to meander pointlessly. Vishal Chandrashekar’s BGM is good but songs are passable.