Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded

Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Amal Neerad. It is the Sequel of 1987 film Irupatham Noottandu and Mohanlal reprise his role as Sagar Alias Jacky. The film was written by S. N. Swamy and produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the company Aashirvad Cinemas. It also features Suman, Shobana, Bhavana, Manoj K. Jayan, Jagathy Sreekumar and Sampath Raj in supporting roles.[1]

Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAmal Neerad
Written byS. N. Swamy
Produced byAntony Perumbavoor
StarringMohanlal
Suman
Sampath Raj
Manoj K Jayan
Shobana
Bhavana
Jagathy Sreekumar
CinematographyAmal Neerad
Edited byVivek Harshan
Music byGopi Sundar
Production
company
Distributed byMaxlab Cinemas and Entertainments
Release date
  • 1 March 2009 (2009-03-01) (India)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded released on 26 March 2009 and mainly received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and audience. The film was praised for its direction, cinematography, music, dialogues, action scenes, first half and cast performance. However, the film's plot, screenplay, second half, length and pace received criticism. The film won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography for Dinesh Kumar.

Plot

Sagar Alias Jacky is a powerful underworld don and smuggler who is known for solving problems among big gangs. The Chief Minister's son-in-law, Manu is kidnapped and the police are unable to find a clue. Manu's wife Indu realises that the police have been influenced by her brother Hari who seems to know the kidnappers. Indu decides to call her best friend Sagar to help find her husband. Sagar calls his best henchmen from all over Kerala for the job. The gang then travels to Goa where Sagar's contact tells him that the kidnappers are the Rosario brothers who run the most powerful gang in the Goa underworld.

After considerable difficulties, Sagar and his gang locate the night club where Manu is held hostage and helps him to escape. This audacity does not sit well with the Rosarios who swear vengeance against Sagar. They kidnap one of Sagar's favourite gangsters and demand ransom. Sagar responds by kidnapping two of the three Rosario brothers and demands that his man be released at once. Realising that they would never be able to defeat Sagar in a heads-on battle, the Rosario brothers make a deal with Manu and Hari to deliver Sagar's current location.

The Rosarios then try to assassinate Sagar but fail. Frustrated with repeated defeats, the Rosarios then approach Sagar's former partner and underworld don, Nanthakrishna Naina, who is now Sagar's rival. Naina supplies them with a sniper, Sheikh Imran, who is also an internationally infamous assassin. Imran is asked to assassinate Manu so that the Sagar can be framed for the murder. But the Rosarios' plan backfires as Indu gives witness that Sagar was not responsible for her husband's murder.

Imran is then asked to assassinate Sagar. He manages to kill Sagar's bodyguard but Sagar himself escapes. Sagar then hunts him down and kills him. The Rosarios then kidnap Sagar's love interest Arati, a news reporter. Sagar is asked to come to a place to work out a deal. When he reaches there, he finds Arati dead. Enraged, Sagar goes to the Rosarios' club and goes on a killing spree. Then he goes to Dubai where Naina is hiding on a yacht. With the help of some gangsters he plants explosives on the yacht and blows it up. The film ends when Sagar informs Indu that death of her husband has been avenged.

Cast

Production

Trisha was approached for the female lead but she could not sign it due to her busy schedule. Later Bhavana replaced her. While writer S. N. Swami was working on the script of Baba Kalyani, its producer Antony Perumbavoor approached him with the idea of remaking Swami's earlier work Irupatham Noottandu. Swami contemplated the possibilities for a sequel. In the final events of the first film, the villain Shekharankutty died and Sagar is in Jail. Antony asked him after two years, and Swami suggested taking only the character Sagar and making a completely new film, neither a continuation nor a sequel. In Irupatham Noottandu, Sagar was an introvert who rarely smiles. Now, although the character has aged he is doing something that is not socially accepted.[2]

Music

Sagar alias Jacky Reloaded
Soundtrack album by
Released16 March 2009
GenreSoundtrack
LabelManorama Music
ProducerGopi Sundar
Gopi Sundar chronology
Flash
(2007)
Sagar alias Jacky Reloaded
(2009)
Anwar
(2010)

The film's soundtrack features six songs composed by Gopi Sundar, with lyrics by Gopi Sundar, Jofy Tharakan, Santhosh Varma and Riya Joy. The soundtrack was released by Manorama Music.[3]

Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Sagar Alias Jacky"Gopi SundarGopi Sundar3:52
2."Melle Melle"Jofy TharakanPunya Srinivas3:48
3."Osama"Santhosh VarmaSuchitra3:26
4."Vennilave"Riya JoyShreya Ghoshal, M. G. Sreekumar4:33
5."Osama Bigblast"Santhosh VarmaSuchitra4:09
6."Sagar Alias Jacky" (Karaoke)Gopi SundarGopi Sundar3:52
7."Melle Melle" (Karaoke)Jofy TharakanGopi Sundar3:48
8."Vennilave" (Karaoke)Riya JoyGopi Sundar4:32

Reception

Unni R Nair from Indian Express wrote that "Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded fails to deliver and leaves you wondering what it was all about. It's technical brilliance wasted on an utterly nonsensical script."[4] Sify.com wrote that "But Sagar alias Jacky is not an unwatchable movie. For the locations and look, it can be seen. But what could have been a fearless, edgy action thriller is ultimately only a half-decent enterprise because it lacks a strong story. You can watch it only because it?s a new format but for most parts prepare to be seriously bored"[5] Paresh C Palicha from Rediff.com Wrote that "Amal Neerad's second directorial venture after Big B is just an average fare, which is a disappointment considering the high expectations" [6]

Accolades

References

  1. "Sequels to two runaway hits coming". The Hindu. 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  2. G. Jayakumar (30 January 2009). "Master of suspense". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. "Amazon.com: Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): Gopi Sundar". 1 July 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  4. "Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded". indianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. "Review-Sagar alias Jacky". sify.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. "Sagar Alias Jacky disappoints". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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