Miga Miga Avasaram

Miga Miga Avasaram is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Suresh Kamatchi, in his directorial debut. The film, starring Sri Priyanka and Harish, is based on the gender inequality and harassment faced by female police officers. It was released on 8 November 2019. Sri Priyanka won Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards for Best Actress at Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards in 2020.

Plot

Samandhi is a female cop who has been assigned the task to be an escort to a VIP coming from a different country to visit a popular festival in Bhavani Temple, Erode. After waiting for a long time patiently, she desperately feels like answering the nature’s call, but her senior officer makes sure that she goes through hell of a time without allowing her the permission for the same, thanks to his grudge on her.

Cast

Sri Priyanka as Samandhi
Harish as Samandhi's lover
Sarathy
Vazhakku En Muthuraman as Subharaj
E. Ramdoss as Raj
Linga as Samandhi's uncle
Aandavan Kattalai Aravind as Thileepan
Saravana Sakthi as Shankar
V. K. Sundar as Sundar
S. Vetri Kumaran
Guna
Benjamin as Marimuthu
Kung Fu Arumugam
Kadhal Arun Kumar
Seeman in a special appearance

Soundtrack

Ishaan Dev composed the film's soundtrack and director Cheran wrote a song.

Release

Upon release, Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy viewed the film and recommended it be screened for 200 female police officers.

Reception

The Times of India gave the film a 2 out of 5 stars stating that "The only takeaway is the decent performance by Sri Priyanka, who managed to convey the harrowing experience women face during such situations". Deccan Chronicle gave the film two and a half out of five stars and wrote how "The writing could have been better and the length of the movie also plays spoilsport. Nevertheless, MMA is a well-intentioned film with a message. These small glitches can be overlooked".