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paragraph_text: Dragon is a 2025 Indian Tamil -language coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Ashwath Marimuthu, who co-wrote the story with Pradeep Ranganathan. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film stars Pradeep in the titular role, Anupama Parameswaran, Kayadu Lohar, Mysskin, Gautham Vasudev Menon, K. S. Ravikumar and George Maryan. In the film, a college dropout deceptively secures a high-paying job, but is forced to accept a major challenge to avoid being exposed.
  
  The film was officially announced in April 2024 under the tentative titles #AGS26 and #PradeepAshwathCombo, as it is AGS's 26th production and the first collaboration between Pradeep and Ashwath, and the official title was announced a few days later. Principal photography commenced the following month in Chennai and was nearly complete that October. The film has music composed by Leon James, cinematography handled by Niketh Bommireddy and editing by Pradeep E. Ragav.
  
  Dragon was released worldwide on 21 February 2025 in standard and EPIQ formats. The film received widespread critical acclaim, with particular praise towards the performances and engaging storyline. Grossing over ₹ 150 crore (US$18 million), it emerged as the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2025, before being surpassed by Good Bad Ugly (2025), and the second highest-grossing Tamil film of 2025 by the end of its theatrical run.
  
  Dragon is a 2025 Indian Tamil -language coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Ashwath Marimuthu, who co-wrote the story with Pradeep Ranganathan. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film stars Pradeep in the titular role, Anupama Parameswaran, Kayadu Lohar, Mysskin, Gautham Vasudev Menon, K. S. Ravikumar and George Maryan. In the film, a college dropout deceptively secures a high-paying job, but is forced to accept a major challenge to avoid being exposed.
  
  The film was officially announced in April 2024 under the tentative titles #AGS26 and #PradeepAshwathCombo, as it is AGS's 26th production and the first collaboration between Pradeep and Ashwath, and the official title was announced a few days later. Principal photography commenced the following month in Chennai and was nearly complete that October. The film has music composed by Leon James, cinematography handled by Niketh Bommireddy and editing by Pradeep E. Ragav.
  
  Dragon was released worldwide on 21 February 2025 in standard and EPIQ formats. The film received widespread critical acclaim, with particular praise towards the performances and engaging storyline. Grossing over ₹ 150 crore (US$18 million), it emerged as the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2025, before being surpassed by Good Bad Ugly (2025), and the second highest-grossing Tamil film of 2025 by the end of its theatrical run.