Agam Puram

Thiru (Shaam) who was brought up from his childhood by Martin Fernandez (L. Raja) is said to be the right hand of him. As getting older Fernandez leaves his assets on the name of Thiru after his demise. Thiru heads the drugs business after he passes away. By his strict working style his partners will be irked a lot. What follows next is on how his rivals attack him? Knowing that his family and friends are affected by his illegal business will he continue his business or not will part the rest of the film.

Agam Puram began production at the end of January 2008 with Keerath playing the female lead opposite Shaam with M. Gopalakrishnan financing the film.[3] Meenakshi was later cast as the lead actress and worked on this film after Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar (2007).[4] She played a orphan in the film.[1] The film was titled Agam Puram due to the director's passions for literature and also due to the fact that "Agam Puram" means "two-sided", which relates to Shaam's double sided character.[1] Shaam became the film's producer in 2010 after M. Gopalakrishnan left the film.[5][6] However, Thirumalai, the film's director, produced the film under his banner T. Creations.[7] Shaam worked out to prepare for his role as a gangster.[8][9] The film was shot in Malaysia and Spain.[10][11] Newcomer Megha Khan was cast in the film.[12]

The soundtrack was composed by Sundar C. Babu.[1] The song "Onu Mani Rendu Mani" is a folk song.[13]

• "Orea Oru Ooru" - Shankar Mahadevan
• "Oru Mani Rendu Mani" - P. P. Venkat
• "Kangalai Parithidum" - Karthik, Ranjini Josh
• "Kangal Modhi" - Naresh Iyer, Vichitra
• "Kattil Mel Adithadia" - Ranjith, Sayanora Philip
• "Agam Puram" Theme Music - Sundar C Babu[14]

The New Indian Express wrote that "But most of the information we collect, are from dialogues, the characters barely flushed out in the screenplay. The scenes lack depth and intensity, the narration is flat and bland, without any highs or lows".[15] The Hindu wrote that "Director Thirumalai, it's obvious, wisheds to present a story with unexpected twists. Only that the attempt misfires and he ends up with a product that lacks cohesion".[16] A critic from Dinamalar praised the performance of the lead cast and the story.[17]

Shaam was cast as a cop in Kick (2009) after Surender Reddy saw his stills from this film.[18] The success of Kick meant that this film was dubbed in Telugu and released as Gang War in 2011.[19] He also was set to collaborate with Thirumalai again for Dhoosi; however, the project did not materialise.[20]

• Agam Puram at IMDb