Master (2020 film)

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Directed by         Lokesh Kanagaraj

Produced by         Xavier Britto

Written by         Lokesh Kanagaraj , Rathna Kumar, Pon Parthiban
                                   
Starring                 Vijay , Vijay Sethupathi                                   

Music by                 Anirudh Ravichander

Cinematography     Sathyan Sooryan

Edited by                Philomin Raj

Production company XB Film Creators

Distributed by          Seven Screen Studios

Country                   India

Language           Tamil

Master is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action-thriller film[1][2][3] written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, and produced by Xavier Britto, under the banner XB Film Creators. The film stars Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi in the leading roles whilst Malavika Mohanan, Arjun Das, Andrea Jeremiah and Shanthanu Bhagyaraj play supporting roles. The music for the film is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, whilst cinematography and editing are handled by Sathyan Sooryan and Philomin Raj, respectively. The film will be released in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam languages. The film was initially scheduled to release theatrically on 9 April 2020, but indefinitely got postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Development
       In August 2019, director Lokesh Kanagaraj tweeted that he would be working with Vijay in a film produced by Xavier Britto, Vijay's relative. Along with the news, he revealed some of the crew that will work on the film, with Anirudh Ravichander being approached as the music director and Silva for stunt choreography. Sathyan Sooryan and Philomin Raj were retained as the cinematographer and editor respectively for this film, after previously collaborated on director's Kaithi.

Casting
        After Vijay Sethupathi was signed as the antagonist, the profile of the project increased. The cast additions included Malavika Mohanan, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and Antony Varghese, with the latter making his Tamil debut. Varghese later opted out of the project, citing scheduling conflicts. He was later replaced by Arjun Das, who was a part of Lokesh's previous venture, Kaithi. Andrea Jeremiah also signed to be a part of the film. Raveena Ravi dubbed for Mohanan in the film. Actor Kathir's father made his acting debut with this film.

Filming
        Principal photography began with a traditional pooja ceremony on 3 October 2019. On 4 October 2019, director Rathna Kumar posted on Twitter that he was co-writing the screenplay for this project along with Lokesh. Pon Parthiban, who previously colloborated with Kanagaraj in Kaithi, was signed to co-write the screenplay with Kanagaraj and Kumar.The film's shooting was wrapped up on 29 February 2020.

Music
        The film's soundtrack album and background music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, in his second collaboration with Vijay after Kaththi (2014), and his first collaboration with Lokesh Kanagaraj. The album features twelve tracks with five of them releasing as singles . The audio was released at a launch event held on 15 March 2020, at The Leela Palace Hotel in Chennai, with a live telecast being held on Sun TV. The album received positive response from critics.

Release
      The film was originally scheduled to hit screens on 9 April 2020 but got postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.