Beast (2022 Indian film)
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Beast is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written & directed by Nelson Dilipkumar and produced by Kalanithi Maran under Sun Pictures. The film stars Vijay in the lead role, alongside Pooja Hegde, Selvaraghavan, Shaji Chen, VTV Ganesh, Ankur Vikal, Aparna Das, Sathish Krishnan, Shine Tom Chacko, Yogi Babu and Redin Kingsley. In the film, Veera Raghavan, an ex-RAW agent, seeks to rescue the hostages in the shopping mall, which is hijacked by terrorists, whose intentions are to free their leader Umar Farooq, who was previously captured by Veera.
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Directed by | Nelson Dilipkumar |
Written by | Nelson Dilipkumar |
Produced by | Kalanithi Maran |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Manoj Paramahamsa |
Edited by | R. Nirmal |
Music by | Anirudh Ravichander |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Red Giant Movies |
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Running time | 158 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Budget | est. ₹130–150 crore[lower-alpha 1] |
Box office | est. ₹217–300 crore[lower-alpha 2] |
Sun Pictures acquired the production rights for Vijay's 65 film in January 2020. AR Murugadoss was initially signed to direct it; however, he was ousted from the film, after he refused to cut his remuneration. Nelson was subsequently brought on board, with announcement in December 2020 under the tentative title Thalapathy 65, and the official title was announced in June 2021. Principal photography commenced in April 2021. It was shot sporadically in several legs, with filming locations Chennai, Delhi and Georgia, and wrapped by mid-December 2021. The film has music composed by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography was handled by Manoj Paramahamsa and editing by R. Nirmal.
Beast was released on 13 April 2022 in theatres to mixed reviews from critics.[3][4] Despite this, the film was a commercial success,[5] grossing ₹217–300 crore worldwide,[lower-alpha 2] becoming one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of all time.[9] A sequel was announced the following year. The film was screened at the Rome International Film Festival, Veneto International Film Festival, Italy and Eastern Europe Film Festival.[10][11][12]