Maasi (film)

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Maasi
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Directed by G. Kicha
Written byG. Kicha
Produced byKovai Mani
Starring Arjun Sarja
Archana Gupta
CinematographyBoopathy
Edited bySaleem
Music by Dhina
Production
company
Anbulaxmi Films
Release date
  • 16 March 2012 (2012-03-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Maasi is a 2012 Tamil-language action film written and directed by G. Kicha and produced by Kovai Mani. This film stars Arjun Sarja and Archana Gupta in the lead roles, while Dheena composed the music. The film released after much delay on 16 March 2012 and received negative reviews from critics. [1]

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Premise

Inspector Maasilamani alias "Maasi" is an encounter specialist who gets entangled in gang-wars between Naaga and Nandha. Due to the gang wars, Maasi loses his family, where he decide to payback Naaga and Nanda's gang-wars and also eradicate all gangsters in the city of Chennai.

Cast

Production

Arjun signed on to appear in Kicha's film titled Kallan in March 2009, which would see him play a police officer. [2] The title was later changed to Maasi [3] after the lead character and the film's launch was held on 1 April 2009 at a private club in the presence of the members of the cast and crew. [4] The film's audio launch was held on 26 May 2010 with actor Karthi and Hansraj Saxena of Sun Pictures releasing the disk in a grand scale function. [5] At a press conference, Kicha announced that two of his police films Bhavani and Maasi would see back to back releases in July 2010, though the deadline passed without further news. [6] [7] The film was set to release in late August 2011 alongside Arjun's other film Mankatha , but ran into a legal tussle with the makers of Idhudhanda Police – 2. The team of that film claimed they bought the remake rights of the Hindi film, Risk and based their Idhudhanda Police – 2 on it. They appealed that Maasi had copied almost 75 per cent of the scenes from the Hindi film that they were remaking and obtained an order in Hyderabad City Civil Court to stay the release of the film, and subsequently caused a delay. [8] The film was further delayed in early 2012, when the director was arrested for failing to return an advance payment he had received from another producer, hence Tamil Kumaran sought a stay on the film. [9]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Dhina, with lyrics written by Dhina and Yugabharathi (Unakkaaga Unakkaga). [10]

Release

The film opened after three years of production in a few screens across Tamil Nadu on 16 March 2012 to negative reviews. Sify.com labelled the film as "tedious", though stated "watch it if you're a fan of Arjun, he is charismatic, look fit at this age and has an alluring appeal that lifts this film considerably." [11] A critic from Behindwoods gave the film one star out of five, concluding it is a "highly predictable shoot out". [12] Indiaglitz written "Had the sequence of events had some coherence, the film would have been more engaging". [13] Nowrunning written the film as "standard police procedural". [1] Times of India criticised that film failed in all departments. [14] Hindu wrote "The action king doesn't need a Maasi to live up to the sobriquet". [15]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Action King Arjun as 'Kallan'". IndiaGlitz. 13 March 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Kallan rechristened!". Behindwoods. 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Arjun's Maasi puja held !". Sify . 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Arjun's Maasi audio launched". Sify . 27 May 2010. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Arjun needs a hit!". The Times of India . 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  7. ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (10 June 2010). "Revved up for "Maasi"". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Maasi caught in crossfire". The Times of India . 25 August 2011. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "'Kadhalil Vizhunthaen' director & 'Maasi' director arrested". Kollyinsider.com. 10 March 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Maasi (2010)". Raaga.com . Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "Maasi". Sify . Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Maasi Movie Review". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  13. ↑ "Maasi — Familiar cop story". IndiaGlitz. 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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  15. ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (25 March 2012). "Oh no, not again!". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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