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Agent is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language action spy thriller film[1] directed by Surender Reddy from a story written by Vakkantham Vamsi. It is produced by AK Entertainments and Surender 2 Cinema. It stars Mammootty, Akhil Akkineni, Sakshi Vaidya, Dino Morea, and Vikramjeet Virk.

Agent
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Directed by	Surender Reddy
Screenplay by	Surender Reddy
Story by	Vakkantham Vamsi
Produced by	Rambrahmam Sunkara
Starring	Mammootty Akhil Akkineni Sakshi Vaidya Vikramjeet Virk
Cinematography	Rasool Ellore
Edited by	Naveen Nooli
Music by	Hiphop Tamizha
Production companies	AK Entertainments Surender 2 Cinema
Distributed by	Goldmines Telefilms B4U Films
Country	India
Language	Telugu

The film was announced in September 2020. Filming began in July 2021, and took place in Hyderabad, Budapest, Visakhapatnam and Manali. The film has music composed by the duo Hiphop Tamizha.

Agent was Initially scheduled for a release on 24 December 2021, the film was deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was later scheduled to be released on 12 August 2022 but was postponed indefinitely due to production delays.

Premise

The government tasks Colonel Mahadev, the head of NSC, to capture a rogue agent known to be ruthless and unpredictable.[2][3]

Cast

• Mammootty as Colonel Mahadev
• Akhil Akkineni
• Sakshi Vaidya
• Vikramjeet Virk as Deva

Production

Development

The film was announced by Akhil Akkineni in September 2020, tentatively titled Akhil 5, with Surender Reddy as the director.[4] It was officially launched on Akkineni's birthday in April 2021, revealing the title and posters.[5][6] A pooja ceremony was held on the launch day.[7]

Cast and crew

Akkineni's role as a spy was reportedly inspired by the character of Jason Bourne from the American-German film series Bourne.[8] Akkineni bulked up his body for the role.[9] In December 2020, model Sakshi Vaidya was confirmed as the female lead.[10] Hiphop Tamizha are composing the film score and soundtrack album,[11] with Ragul Herian Dharuman signed as the cinematographer and editing by Naveen Nooli. In March 2021, Mohanlal was approached for the role of a spy.[8] Later, Upendra was also considered before Mammootty took that role, which was confirmed in June 2021, marking the first collaboration between Mammootty, Akkineni and Reddy, which is reportedly an antagonistic role.[12] His character is a military officer.[13] Latest is Bob Marley Aka Vikramjeet Virk Of Paisa Vasool Joins The Cast For An Key Role.

Filming

Filming began in July 2021 in Hyderabad, India.[14][15] Mammootty joined the production in October 2021 in Budapest and completed filming his portions.[16]

In March 2022, sequences featuring Akkineni were shot in Hyderabad Metro.[17] The following month, the production moved to Visakhapatnam and shot a few actions episodes and a song at the Visakhapatnam Port.[18] In April 2022, the production moved to Manali, Himachal Pradesh to shoot action sequences featuring Akkineni and others, under the choreographer of Vijay Master.[19]

As of May 2022, about 50-60% of the production has been completed due to delays in production, thus missing the August 2022 release.[20]

Music

The music rights of the film is owned by Lahari Music and T Series. Earlier Thaman S was chosen as the composer of the film's score and soundtrack.[21] Later, in September 2021, Thaman has been replaced by Tamil musical duo Hiphop Tamizha.[22][23]

Release

Agent was scheduled to be released on 12 August 2022 but it was postponed indefinitely due to production delays and Akkineni's injuries.[20][24] Initially, the film was initially scheduled for a release on 24 December 2021,[25][26] but the release was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27]

It is planned to release in Telugu along with the dubbed versions in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada languages.[28][29]

References

External links

• Agent at IMDb

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