BEAST

Language : Tamil
Release date: 13 April 2022
Starring: Vijay, Pooja Hegde, Selvaraghavan, Aparna Das, Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley
Directed by: Nelson
Produced by: Sun Pictures
Music by: Anirudh
Cinematography : Manoj Paramahamsa
Edited by : R Nirmal

Beast – 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.

Expectations

The main reason for the humanganeous hype surrounding Beast is that Vijay‘s films have not failed at box office since the failure of Bhairava , which was released in January 2017. After Bhairava , films like Mersal, Sarkar, Bigil and Master have grossed over Rs 250 crore at boxoffice. Sarkar, content wise disappointed the audience but set many collection records in Kollywood.

Vijay‘s box office consistency and director Nelson‘s track record make Beast an audience favorite. Following the success of Kolamaavu Kokila and Doctor, the film is being directed by Nelson, so expectations are high for Beast. The technical quality provided by the released trailer also takes the film to the heights of expectations.

The soundtrack composed by Anirudh Ravichander,who gilded everything he touched. This film eventually marked Anirudh’s third collaboration with Vijay after Kaththi (2014) and Master (2021), and with Nelson after Kolamaavu Kokila (2018),Doctor(2021).

What works

Vijay carries the movie on his shoulders from start to end as an one man army .His body language and attitude is fab as RAW agent. Cinematographer Manoj paramahamsa and Stunt director duo Anbu-Ariv have nicely utilised Vijay‘s screen presence, style sense & agility.Action blocks are turned out to be one of the best choreographed action sequences in recent times for vijay film.

Anirudh‘s pulsating score adds such a lot of energy to the film! The music most certainly fills in as one of the significant lifts for the film.

Special credits to art director Kiran and his entire team for their exceptional work in setting up the mall.The shopping mall has a classy outlook, looking so believable and real.

What not works

Nelson‘s stronghold in his first two films was the dark comedy, but surprisingly, he has chosen action over everything else here. Nelson brand humor not works in serious situations.The absence of strongly written characters & driving forces are main drawbacks. Movie doesn’t elevate or get serious at right moments. Weak villain side and not a consistently engaging screenplay. Mall sequences are most of the time illogical and predictable.

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