Maasi (film)
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| Directed by | G. Kicha |
| Written by | G. Kicha |
| Produced by | Kovai Mani |
| Starring | Arjun Archana Gupta |
| Cinematography | Boopathy |
| Edited by | Saleem |
| Music by | Dhina |
Production company | Anbulaxmi Films |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Maasi is a 2012 Tamil action film written and directed by G. Kicha and produced by Kovai Mani. This film features Arjun in the lead role, while Dhina composed the film's music. The film released after much delay on 16 March 2012 and opened with negative reviews.[1]
Cast
- Arjun as Inspector Maasilamani
- Archana Gupta
- Hema
- Pradeep Rawat as Naaga
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Home Minister Paramasivam
- Ponnambalam as Nandha
- Kalairani as Maasilamani's mother
- Telangana Shakuntala
- Bala Singh
- Gowtham Sundararajan
- Santhana Bharathi
- Mayilswamy
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] 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 Yugabharathi.[10]
| Maasi | ||||
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| Released | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Producer | Dhina | |||
| Dhina chronology | ||||
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- "Kandene" - Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
- "Ondikondi" - Rita
- "Unakkaga" - Udit Narayan, Sowmya Raoh
- "Singanadai" - Ananthu
- "Naan Paartha" - Shankar Mahadevan, Saindhavi
- "Kandene" - Hariharan, Anbulakshmi
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]
References
- ^ a b "Maasi Review - Tamil Movie Review by Rohit Ramachandran". Nowrunning.com. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Action King Arjun as 'Kallan' - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Kallan rechristened!". Behindwoods. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Arjun's Maasi puja held !". Sify. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Arjun's Maasi audio launched". Sify. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ TNN 24 Jun 2010, 12.00am IST (24 June 2010). "Arjun needs a hit!". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Malathi Rangarajan (10 June 2010). "Arts / Cinema : Revved up for "Maasi"". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ TNN 25 Aug 2011, 12.34pm IST (25 August 2011). "Maasi caught in crossfire". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Oor Kaalan (10 March 2012). "'Kadhalil Vizhunthaen' director & 'Maasi' director arrested | Tamil Cinema News, Latest Movie Kollywood Gossips, Reviews". Kollyinsider.com. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/Maasi-songs-T0002473
- ^ "Movie Review:Maasi". Sify. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Maasi Review". Behindwoods. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Maasi Tamil Movie Review". IndiaGlitz. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Maasi movie review". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ malathi rangarajan (25 March 2012). "FEATURES / CINEMA PLUS : Oh no, not again!". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 August 2012.