Maasi
Directed byG. Kicha
Written byG. Kicha
Produced byKovai Mani
StarringArjun Sarja
Archana Gupta
CinematographyBoopathy
Edited bySaleem
Music byDhina
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]

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] 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]

Maasi
Soundtrack album by
Dhina
Released2012
GenreFeature film soundtrack
ProducerDhina
Dhina chronology
Medhai
(2012)		 Maasi
(2012)		 Iravum Pagalum Varum
(2015)

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

  1. 1 2 "Maasi Review - Tamil Movie Review by Rohit Ramachandran". Nowrunning.com. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Action King Arjun as 'Kallan' - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 13 March 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Kallan rechristened!". Behindwoods. 1 April 2009. 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. ↑ TNN 24 Jun 2010, 12.00am IST (24 June 2010). "Arjun needs a hit!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Malathi Rangarajan (10 June 2010). "Arts / Cinema : Revved up for "Maasi"". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  8. ↑ TNN 25 Aug 2011, 12.34pm IST (25 August 2011). "Maasi caught in crossfire". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Maasi Songs Download, Maasi Tamil MP3 Songs, Raaga.com Tamil Songs". www.raaga.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "Movie Review:Maasi". Sify. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Maasi Review". Behindwoods. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  13. ↑ "Maasi Tamil Movie Review". IndiaGlitz. 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "Maasi movie review". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  15. ↑ malathi rangarajan (25 March 2012). "FEATURES / CINEMA PLUS : Oh no, not again!". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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