Masterpiece (2015 film)

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Masterpiece
2015 Kannada film Masterpiece promotional poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byManju Mandavya
Written byManju Mandavya
Pavan Ranadheera
Produced byVijay Kiragandur
Starring
Cinematography Vaidy S
Edited byK. M. Prakash
Music by V. Harikrishna
Production
company
Distributed byJayanna Films
Release date
  • 24 December 2015 (2015-12-24)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Box officeest.₹35 crore [1]

Masterpiece is an 2015 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Manju Mandavya and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under Hombale Films. The film stars Yash, alongside Shanvi Srivastava, Suhasini Maniratnam, P. Ravi Shankar and Chikkanna. The music is composed by V. Harikrishna, while cinematography and editing was handled by Vaidy S and K. M. Prakash respectively.

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Masterpiece was released on 24 December 2015, coinciding with Christmas, and became a commercial success at the box office.

Plot

Yuva is a local goon who is living with his mother Durga, his sister, and sister's son Lochan. Durga disapproves of many of Yuva's antics where she reads him stories of Subhash Chandra Bose , Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh when Yuva was a child, in the hope that he would one day become like them. However, Yuva is exact opposite. Consequently, she gives a TV interview about his upbringing and how his actions have not been good, thus giving the public an impression that Yuva is a rogue. Yuva and his friend Bruce Lee help Noor Ahmed, a local politician, to get elected in college and local elections, thus gaining political connections in the process. Alongside this, Yuva falls in love with a carefree girl named Nisha. When Nisha gets caught in the middle of a chase between the police and a gangster known as Boss, Yuva knocks Boss unconscious, sending him into a coma.

After Boss is admitted to the hospital, Yuva's family begins to be threatened by various actions by Boss's henchman. Yuva's nephew Lochan is kidnapped and returned later that day unharmed. Durga gets locked in a storage closet in a temple where Yuva saves her from intoxication. Yuva lodges a complaint to the police commissioner, only to be mocked since the police had seen his interview. Yuva realises that his family is in danger and begins to change his laid-back attitude. When Yuva and Nisha visit a mall, Nisha disappears and Yuva receives a phone call from Boss's brother Danny; in order to save Nisha, he must help Boss escape from the hospital. Yuva does what is told, but is knocked unconscious along with Nisha, and Yuva is later framed as a drug smuggler. Noor Ahmed and Bruce Lee take Yuva and Nisha to their hideout, where they watch Durga wishes for Yuva to be encounter killed by the police, before a commotion breaks out against Durga.

Yuva realizes that his family has been disrespected and plots to prove his innocence by capturing Boss and his men. Yuva captures Boss, along with Danny and his right-hand men. Yuva and Bruce Lee decides to record a video before finishing them. While Bruce Lee is recording the whole incident, Boss admits that he had corrupt cops supporting him the whole time in the cocaine trade and proclaims that India can't change. Yuva realizes Boss's point of view and takes up a stand, revealing that while he initially set out to make his mother proud, Now, he is set on making his motherland proud by proclaiming that illegal drugs will no longer be available in local stores. Yuva kills Boss and his men in Dirty Harry -style, causing him to get arrested. The video goes viral throughout the country, causing widespread support for Yuva. Durga visits him in prison and feeds carrot halwa to him; as she leaves, she finally sees Bhagat Singh in her son and becomes a proud mother.

Cast

Production

The film was announced on 21 October 2014, to coincide with the occasion of Deepavali, a Hindu festival, by film producer Vijay Kiragandur. The film would be titled Masterpiece and would be produced under his banner, Hombale Films. Manju Mandavya made his directorial debut, who also wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the film. [2] On titling the film as Masterpiece, he said, "Masterpiece was a spontaneous title that somehow clicked when I was getting into the structure of the story and when the hero's character was developing in my mind." V. Harikrishna was chosen to compose the music for the film and Vaidhy was chosen as cinematographer. [3]

Casting

During the announcement, it was also announced that Yash would play the lead role in the film and that Suhasini Maniratnam would portray the role of his mother. The director said that two actresses, Anushka Shetty and Priya Anand, were under consideration to play the female lead. [4] Following speculations, Shanvi Srivastava was signed in late-December 2014. [5] Chikkanna was cast in an important side role marking his 25th film in acting.

Filming and development

Filming was scheduled to begin in November or early-December 2014, following the filming of Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari , another Yash-starrer. [3] While delayed, reports said filming was to begin in the second week of January 2015. [6] In June 2015, it was revealed that model Ekta Rathod would make a cameo appearance in the film. [7] In the midst of filming, The New Indian Express carried a report in July suggesting that Yash could be playing a negative role in the film, which however was not confirmed by the makers. [8] in the course of filming in September, it was revealed that the film would incorporate elements from the life story of a revolutionary leader of British India, Bhagat Singh. A schedule in Mysore was completed, following which the song sequences were filmed. [9]

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During Shooting of a song

A celebratory song was filmed across Bengaluru, and the song appears in the movie when Yash's character falls in love. The song also features Chikkanna and Shanvi Srivastava, and over 1,500 backup dancers. The song Annange Love Aagide turned into a chartbuster. [10]

Soundtrack

Masterpiece
Soundtrack album by
V. Harikrishna
Released10 December 2015
Recorded2015
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label D Beats
Producer V. Harikrishna

The background music and soundtracks are composed by V. Harikrishna, with lyrics for the soundtrack penned by Manju Mandavya, Narthan and Ghouse Peer.

The audio launch event of Masterpiece was supposed to happen in a unique way, For the first-time the team members of Masterpiece had planned for an interesting audio release. Masterpiece music album includes 5 songs and was supposed to be released on 5 different days, starting from 2 December as follows: "Annange Love Aagidhe" (2 Dec), "I Can't Wait Baby" (4 Dec), "KD NO 1" (7 Dec), "Jaago Re Jaago" (8 Dec), "Attention Please" and trailer (10 Dec). [11] [12]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Annange Love"Manju MandavyaYash, Chikkanna 4:17
2."I Can't Wait Baby"Narthan Tippu, Indu Nagaraj 3:51
3."KD No. 1"Pavan Ranadheera Tippu, Sangeetha Ravindranath4:38
4."Jaago Re Jaago"Ghouse Peer Kunal Ganjawala 4:10
5."Attention Please"Pavan Ranadheera Ranjith, Rahul Nambiar, Naveen Madhav3:51
Total length:20:47

Reception

Critical response

S. Shyam Prasad of Bangalore Mirror gave 3.5/5 stars and termed that the film was "playing to the fan gallery." [13] Shashiprasad of Deccan Chronicle gave 3/5 stars and wrote "The film is a must for Yash fans and for the actual movie buffs." [14]

Arachana Nathan of The Hindu wrote "Masterpiece is definitely one of a kind. Not necessarily in a good way." [15] A. Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express wrote "With rich production qualities, Masterpiece is a definite commercial potboiler and could well go beyond the lofty heights expected out of it by Yash, the director and the producer." [16]

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