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{{Infobox film
| name = Maasi
| image = Maasi (film).jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Kicha (director)|G. Kicha]]
| producer = Kovai Mani
| writer = G. Kicha
| starring = [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]<br>[[Archana Gupta]]
| music = [[Dhina (music director)|Dhina]]
| cinematography = Boopathy
| editing = Saleem
| distributor =
| studio = Anbulaxmi Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2012|03|16}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Maasi''''' is a 2012 [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] [[action film]] written and directed by [[Kicha (director)|G. Kicha]] and produced by Kovai Mani. This film features [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] in the lead role, while [[Dhina]] composed the film's music. The film released after much delay on 16 March 2012 and opened with negative reviews.<ref name="nowrunning1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/7094/tamil/maasi/3626/review.htm |title=Maasi Review - Tamil Movie Review by Rohit Ramachandran |publisher=Nowrunning.com |date=2012-03-18 |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref>

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] as Inspector Maasilamani
* [[Archana Gupta]] as Lakshmi
* Hema
* [[Pradeep Rawat (actor)|Pradeep Rawat]] as Naaga
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Home Minister Paramasivam
* [[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]] as Nandha
* [[Kalairani]] as Maasilamani's mother
* [[Telangana Shakuntala]]
* [[Bala Singh]]
* [[Gowtham Sundararajan]]
* [[Santhana Bharathi]]
* [[Mayilswamy]]
{{colend}}

==Production==
Arjun signed on to appear in Kicha's film titled ''Kallan'' in March 2009, which would see him play a police officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/45570.html |title=Action King Arjun as 'Kallan' - Tamil Movie News |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=2009-03-13 |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref> The title was later changed to ''Maasi''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/apr-09-01/tidbits-01-04-09.html |title=Kallan rechristened! |publisher=Behindwoods |date=2009-04-01 |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/arjun-s-maasi-puja-held-news-tamil-kkfsklcabdi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011130023/http://www.sify.com/movies/arjun-s-maasi-puja-held-news-tamil-kkfsklcabdi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-11 |title=Arjun's Maasi puja held !|publisher=Sify |date=2009-04-01 |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/arjun-s-maasi-audio-launched-news-tamil-kkfq42chgfi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011215646/http://www.sify.com/movies/arjun-s-maasi-audio-launched-news-tamil-kkfq42chgfi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-11 |title=Arjun's Maasi audio launched|publisher=Sify |date=2010-05-27 |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref> At a press conference, Kicha announced that two of his police films ''[[Bhavani (film)|Bhavani]]'' and ''Maasi'' would see back to back releases in July 2010, though the deadline passed without further news.<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN 24 Jun 2010, 12.00am IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-24/news-interviews/28290791_1_arjun-action-heroes-action-king |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701160538/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-24/news-interviews/28290791_1_arjun-action-heroes-action-king |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-01 |title=Arjun needs a hit!|date=2010-06-24 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Malathi Rangarajan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article451947.ece |title=Arts / Cinema : Revved up for "Maasi" |work=The Hindu |date=2010-06-10 |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref> 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 (2007 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.<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN 25 Aug 2011, 12.34pm IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-25/news-interviews/29926012_1_bollywood-film-maasi-vinod-khanna |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701145915/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-25/news-interviews/29926012_1_bollywood-film-maasi-vinod-khanna |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-01 |title=Maasi caught in crossfire|date=2011-08-25 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|author=Oor Kaalan |url=http://www.kollyinsider.com/2012/03/kadhalil-vizhunthaen-director-maasi.html |title='Kadhalil Vizhunthaen' director & 'Maasi' director arrested | Tamil Cinema News, Latest Movie Kollywood Gossips, Reviews |publisher=Kollyinsider.com |date=2012-03-10 |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
Soundtrack was composed by [[Dhina]], with lyrics written by [[Yugabharathi]].<ref>https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/Maasi-songs-T0002473</ref>
{{Infobox album|
| name = Maasi
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Dhina]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2012
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label =
| producer = Dhina
| prev_title = [[Medhai]]
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = [[Iravum Pagalum Varum]]
| next_year = 2015
}}
*"Kandene" - [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
*"Ondikondi" - [[Rita (singer)|Rita]]
*"Unakkaga" - [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sowmya Raoh]]
*"Singanadai" - Ananthu
*"Naan Paartha" - [[Shankar Mahadevan]], Saindhavi
*"Kandene" - Hariharan, Anbulakshmi

==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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/maasi-review-tamil-14994537.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628023125/http://www.sify.com/movies/maasi-review-tamil-14994537.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-28 |title=Movie Review:Maasi|publisher=Sify |date= |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref> A critic from Behindwoods gave the film one star out of five, concluding it is a "highly predictable shoot out".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/mar-12-03/maasi-review.html |title=Maasi Review|publisher=Behindwoods |date= |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref> Indiaglitz written "Had the sequence of events had some coherence, the film would have been more engaging".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/review/11078.html |title=Maasi Tamil Movie Review |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=2012-03-19 |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref> Nowrunning written the film as "standard police procedural".<ref name="nowrunning1"/> Times of India criticised that film failed in all departments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/movie-reviews/Maasi/movie-review/12297293.cms |title=Maasi movie review|work=The Times of India|date= |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref> Hindu wrote "The action king doesn't need a Maasi to live up to the sobriquet".<ref>{{cite web|author=malathi rangarajan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/article3221110.ece |title=FEATURES / CINEMA PLUS : Oh no, not again! |work=The Hindu |date=2012-03-25 |accessdate=2012-08-18}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Masala films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2012 action films]]
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]

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