Vivegam

Vivegam
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySiva
Written bySiva
Kabilan Vairamuthu
Aadhi Narayana[1][2]
Produced byT. G. Thyagarajan
Sendhil Thyagarajan
Arjun Thyagarajan
StarringAjith Kumar
Vivek Oberoi
Kajal Aggarwal
Akshara Haasan
CinematographyVetri Palanisamy
Edited byRuben
Music byAnirudh Ravichander
Production
company
Distributed bySathya Jyothi Films
Release date
  • 24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)
Running time
142 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget100–130 crore[3][4][5][6]
Box office125.2–167 crore[7][8][9]

Vivegam (transl. Prudence) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film co-written & directed by Siva and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. It stars Ajith Kumar, alongside Vivek Oberoi, Kajal Aggarwal, Akshara Haasan, Karunakaran, Aarav Chowdhary, Bharath Reddy and Sharat Saxena. The film marks the Tamil debuts of Vivek Oberoi and Akshara Haasan. The music was composed by Anirudh Ravichander, while cinematography and editing were handled by Vetri and Ruben.

Vivegam was released worldwide on 24 August 2017 to mixed reviews from critics.[10]

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  9. ^ "Except Baahubali: The Conclusion and Vivegam, no movie holds this box office record; find out". Financial Express. 9 October 2017. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Ajith's Vivegam passes the censor board test, gets a release date". The Indian Express. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.