Agent (film)

Agent is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Surender Reddy, from a story by Vakkantham Vamsi, and produced by Anil Sunkara and Rambrahmam Sunkara under AK Entertainments. The film stars Mammootty and Akhil Akkineni in the lead roles alongside Dino Morea, Sakshi Vaidya, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Vikramjeet Virk in supporting roles. The film marks the debut of Vaidya and Morea in Telugu cinema. The film was announced in September 2020. Filming took place in Hyderabad, Budapest, Visakhapatnam, Coimbatore and Manali. The release was deferred multiple times due to COVID-19 pandemic and production delays. Agent was released on 28 April 2023 and received negative reviews from critics. The film became a big commercial disappointment at the box office amongst decent expectations, which prompted Sunkara and Akhil to apologize, accepting that the production commenced filming without a bound script.