Agnyaathavaasi

Agnyaathavaasi is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas, whose title is glossed as a man in exile. It was produced by S. Radha Krishna and stars Pawan Kalyan, Aadhi Pinisetty, Keerthy Suresh and Anu Emmanuel, with cinematography by Manikandan. The score and songs were composed by Anirudh Ravichander in his first Telugu film. The story follows Abhishikth Bhargav, the eldest son of a wealthy pharmaceutical businessman, who takes a job in his late father's company under an assumed name to find the people who arranged the killing of his father and half-brother. Principal photography began in April 2017, with a large action sequence at Ramoji Film City and songs shot in Bangkok and Bulgaria, and the film opened on 10 January 2018 during the Sankranti festival. It drew very negative reviews and, despite a record opening day for a Telugu film, fell sharply afterwards and recovered only about half of its theatrical sale price. It also became the subject of a plagiarism dispute after the French director Jerome Salle said it borrowed from his film Largo Winch, which led to a settlement with the rights holder T-Series.