Beast (2022)

Beast is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Nelson and produced by Sun Pictures. The film stars Vijay and Pooja Hegde, while Selvaraghavan, Yogi Babu and Redin Kingsley play supporting roles. It revolves around a spy’s crusade to rescue people held hostage in a shopping mall by terrorists. 

The production rights of Vijay’s 65th film as lead actor, which was tentatively titled Thalapathy 65, were acquired by Sun Pictures in early January 2020, and the film was set to be written and directed by AR Murugadoss. However, the producers ousted Murugadoss from the film in October 2020, after he refused to cut his renumeration. Nelson was later hired, and wrote a new script for the film. 

With an official announcement during December 2020, the film began principal photography in April 2021, and wrapped that December. It was shot across various locations in Chennai, including a specially designed set resembling that of a shopping mall where most of the film was shot, whilst sporadic schedules took place in Delhi and Georgia. The music was composed by Anirudh, cinematography was handled by Manoj Paramahamsa, editing by R. Nirmal and production design supervised by D. R. K. Kiran, respectively. Beast is scheduled for theatrical release on 13 April 2022.

Movie Credits:

Star Cast : Vijay, Pooja Hegde, Selvaraghavan, Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley, Bjorn Surrao, VTV Ganesh, Aparna Das, Shine Tom Chacko, Liliput Faruqui, Ankur Ajit Vikal & Others.

Produced by: Sun Pictures
Directed by: Nelson Dilipkumar
Cinematography: Manoj Paramahamsa
Editing by: R. Nirmal
Art: D.R.K. Kiran
Costume Design by: V. Sai, Pallavi Singh
Makeup: P. Nagarajan
VFX: Bejoy Arputharaj, Phantom-fx
Stunt: AnbAriv
Choreographer: Jani