Maharaja | |
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Directed by | Nithilan Swaminathan |
Written by | Nithilan Swaminathan |
Dialogues by | Nithilan Swaminathan Raam Murali[1] |
Produced by | Sudhan Sundaram Jagadish Palanisamy |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Dinesh Purushothaman |
Edited by | Philomin Raj |
Music by | B. Ajaneesh Loknath |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | see below |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes[2] |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Budget | ₹20 crore[a] |
Box office | est. ₹105-107 crore[5][6] |
Maharaja (transl. The Great King)[b] is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film[7] directed by Nithilan Swaminathan, who co-wrote the script with Raam Murali. It is jointly produced by The Route, Think Studios, and Passion Studios. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi in the titular role, alongside Anurag Kashyap, Mamta Mohandas, Natarajan Subramaniam, Abhirami Gopikumar, Divyabharathi, Singampuli, Aruldoss, Munishkanth, Sachana Namidass, Manikandan and Bharathiraja. It is the first production of The Route in Tamil and the fiftieth film of Sethupathi. The film follows Maharaja, a barber in Chennai, who goes to the police station to retrieve his stolen dustbin only for the police officers to find his intentions to be something else.
The film was officially announced in February 2023 under the tentative title VJS50, as it is Sethupathi's 50th film as the lead actor. Principal photography commenced the same month, predominantly taking place in Chennai throughout a single schedule. The official title was announced in July, coinciding with the filming being wrapped and Think Studios by joining as co-producers. The film has music composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, cinematography handled by Dinesh Purushothaman and editing by Philomin Raj.
Maharaja was released worldwide on 14 June 2024 in theatres to positive reviews from critics, who praised Sethupathi's performance, Philomin's editing and Swaminathan's writing and direction and became a block buster at the box office. It set the highest opening weekend of Tamil cinema in 2024 and emerged as the fourth highest-grossing Tamil film of 2024.[8][9]
A barber sets out for revenge after his home is broken into in this Tamil-language action thriller
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