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Master
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1030
- IMDb #1279
- Google retired #956
- Letterboxd #2563
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1079
- Trakt #2837
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 90. Critics average 90, everyone else 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An alcoholic professor, once a renowned intellectual, is assigned to teach at a remote juvenile reform school. He quickly realizes that the institution is not what it seems, with a sinister atmosphere and a cruel, manipulative warden. The professor decides to confront the corruption within the system and becomes a mentor to a particularly troubled student, finding a new purpose in protecting the boys from the evil that controls the school.
Details
- Director
- Lokesh Kanagaraj
- Writer
- Lokesh Kanagaraj
- Released
- 13 January 2021
- Country
- India
- Language
- Tamil
- Runtime
- 179 min
- Awards
- 6 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (49) →
Awards & nominations
See all 25 →6 wins from 25 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 2022 | Best Stunt Director | Stunt Silva | Winner |
| Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 2022 | Best Choreographer | Dinesh – Vaathi Coming | Winner |
| Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 2022 | Best Music Director | Anirudh Ravichander | Winner |
| Edison Awards 2022 | Best Screenplay | Lokesh Kanagaraj | Nominee |
| Edison Awards 2022 | Best Child Role | Poovaiyar | Nominee |
| Edison Awards 2022 | Best Lyrics | Arunraja Kamaraj – Kutti Story | Nominee |
| Edison Awards 2022 | Best Singer Male | Vijay – Kutti Story | Nominee |
| Edison Awards 2022 | Best BGM Score | Anirudh Ravichander | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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25 awards — Master
×| Best Choreographer | Dinesh – Vaathi Coming | Winner |
| Best Music Director | Anirudh Ravichander | Winner |
| Best Stunt Director | Stunt Silva | Winner |
| Best Film | Master | Winner |
| Best BGM Score | Anirudh Ravichander | Nominee |
| Best Child Role | Poovaiyar | Nominee |
| Best Cinematographer | Sathyan Sooryan | Nominee |
| Best Director | Lokesh Kanagaraj | Nominee |
| Best Editor | Philomin Raj | Nominee |
| Best Lyrics | Arunraja Kamaraj – Kutti Story | Nominee |
| Best Music Director | Anirudh Ravichander | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Lokesh Kanagaraj | Nominee |
| Best Singer Male | Vijay – Kutti Story | Nominee |
| Favourite Actress | Malavika Mohanan | Nominee |
| Best Director | Lokesh Kanagaraj | Winner |
| Best Actor | Vijay | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Negative Role | Vijay Sethupathi | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Mahendran | Nominee |
| Best Cinematographer | Sathyan Sooryan | Nominee |
| Best Debut Actress | Malavika Mohanan | Nominee |
| Best Music Director | Anirudh Ravichander | Nominee |
| Best Choreography | Dinesh – Vaathi Coming | Winner |
| Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil | Arivu – Vaathi Raid | Nominee |
| Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil | Vijay – Kutti Story | Nominee |
| Best Music Director – Tamil | Anirudh Ravichander | Nominee |