Maharaja (2024 film)

Not to be confused with Maharaj (film).

Maharaja
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNithilan Swaminathan
Written byNithilan Swaminathan
Dialogues byNithilan Swaminathan
Raam Murali[1]
Produced bySudhan Sundaram
Jagadish Palanisamy
Starring
CinematographyDinesh Purushothaman
Edited byPhilomin Raj
Music byB. Ajaneesh Loknath
Production
companies
The Route
Think Studios
Passion Studios
Distributed bysee below
Release date
  • 14 June 2024 (2024-06-14)
Running time
140 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹20 crore[a]
Box officeest. ₹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 huge success 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]

  1. ^ "Vijay Sethupathi's Maharaja earns over Rs 30 crores at global box office". Cinema Express. 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 18 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Maharaja". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ Suri, Ridhi (15 June 2024). "Maharaja Box Office Collection Day 1: Strong Opening For Vijay Sethupathi's Tamil Movie". Jagran English. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Maharaja Box Office Collection Day 5: Vijay Sethupathi-Anurag Kashyap's Movie Maintains Steady Pace". English Jagran. 19 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  5. ^ "'Indian 2' beats 'Maharaja' at global box office, becomes biggest Tamil film of 2024". India Today. 15 July 2024. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  6. ^ "'Maharaja' final box office report: Vijay Sethupathi starrer closes at Rs 107 crore". The Times of India. 12 July 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Maharaja". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024. A barber sets out for revenge after his home is broken into in this Tamil-language action thriller
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference 50c was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "With Maharaja, Garudan and Aranmanai 4, is Tamil cinema back on track?". OTTPlay. 20 June 2024. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.


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