Beast

Beast is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. The film stars Vijay, Pooja Hegde and Selvaraghavan. It revolves around an ex-RAW agent seeking to rescue people held hostage in a shopping mall by terrorists. The production rights of Vijay's 65th film as lead actor were acquired by Sun Pictures in early January 2020 when it was set to be written and directed by AR Murugadoss. However, the producers ousted Murugadoss from the film in October 2020 after he refused to cut his remuneration. Nelson was later hired and wrote a new script, Beast. Principal photography began in April 2021 and wrapped in December taking place in Chennai, Delhi and Georgia. The music was composed by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography was handled by Manoj Paramahamsa, editing by R. Nirmal, and production design supervised by D. R. K. Kiran. Beast was released in theatres on 13 April 2022, where it received mixed reviews from critics. The film was a commercial success, grossing crore worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of all time. Plot Veera Raghavan is a RAW field agent stationed in Pakistan to capture the terrorist, Umar Farooq. While Veera successfully manages to do so, a missile shot by him to prevent Farooq's escape injures and kills a civilian child, traumatising Veera. He quits the agency and returns to Chennai. 11 months later, Veera is suffering from PTSD and traumatic memories of the child. At the insistence of his psychiatrist, he attends a wedding, where he meets Preethi; they fall for each other. Preethi convinces him to join her failing security service company, "Dominic & Soldiers".