Leo (2023 Indian film)

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Leo
Teaser poster
Directed byLokesh Kanagaraj
Produced byS. S. Lalit Kumar
Jagadish Palanisamy
Written by
Starring
Music byAnirudh Ravichander
CinematographyManoj Paramahamsa
Edited byPhilomin Raj
Production
company
Release date
  • 19 October 2023 (2023-10-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budgetest. ₹200−250 crore[1][2]

Leo is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language gangster action thriller film directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, who co-wrote the script with Rathna Kumar and Deeraj Vaidy. The soundtrack will be composed by Anirudh Ravichander. It is produced by S. S. Lalit Kumar, under Seven Screen Studio, and co-produced by Jagadish Palanisamy. The film stars Vijay and Trisha, with an ensemble supporting cast.

The film was officially announced in January 2023 under the tentative title Thalapathy 67, marking Vijay's 67th film as a lead actor, and the title of the film was announced a few days later. Principal photography commenced the same month in Chennai along with a sporadic schedule in Kashmir. It is scheduled to conclude in May.

Leo is scheduled to release in theatres worldwide on 19 October 2023.

Cast

Production

Development

In early 2021, it was reported that Lokesh Kanagaraj would reunite with Vijay for a second film after Master (2021),[3] after Lokesh's commitments on Vikram (2022),[4] whereas Vijay would collaborate with Nelson for Beast (2022) and would subsequently sign Vamshi Paidipally's project, which would be later titled Varisu (2023).[5] In March 2022, Lokesh confirmed that there were discussions for him to direct Vijay's 67th film.[6] That May, he confirmed the project, tentatively titled Thalapathy 67.[7]

The project was funded by S. S. Lalit Kumar's Seven Screen Studio, which had distributed and co-produced Master,[8] while Vijay's manager, Jagadish serves as a co-producer. The company made a public announcement on 30 January 2023, confirming the project,[9][10] and the film's official title was revealed as Leo on 3 February 2023.[11][12] The film is being made on a budget of ₹250 crore (US$35 million),[1] and Vijay was reported to receive ₹130 crore (US$18 million) as renumeration.[13] However, he reportedly decided to take the revenue sharing model, to benefit the film's production; as per the basis, he would receive ₹20 crore (US$2.8 million) as an advance, and a chunk of the profits will be received as the actor's remuneration.[14]

Pre-production

Leo is reportedly based from an old script Lokesh wrote after Maanagaram (2017) that was being reworked for this project.[15] It took him nearly six months for the writing and pre-production.[16] Lokesh co-wrote the film's script along with Rathna Kumar in his third consecutive collaboration with the director,[17][18] while Deeraj Vaidy, director of Jil Jung Juk (2016) also joined the writing team.[19] Lokesh said the film would be completely made in his style, unlike Master which he considered a 50% Vijay film and 50% his film.[16] A muhurat puja was held on 5 December 2022 at AVM Studios in Chennai with the film's cast and crew.[20] On 7 December, the team shot the promotional video for the film for nearly three days.[21]

In mid-January 2023, Manoj Paramahamsa was announced as cinematographer, marking his first collaboration with Lokesh and third with Vijay after Nanban (2012) and Beast.[22] Anirudh Ravichander would score the music, in his third consecutive film with the director.[23] Lokesh further retained most of his norm technicians including editor Philomin Raj, stunt choreography duo Anbariv, dance choreographer Dinesh Kumar and art director N. Sathees Kumar.[24] Praveen Raja would style the costumes for Vijay, along with his regular costume designers Pallavi Singh and Eka Lakhani.[25][26]

Casting

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Trisha was cast as the female lead, reuniting with Vijay 14 years since their last release, Kuruvi (2008). Sanjay Dutt would make his Tamil debut with this film.

Trisha was cast as the female lead,[27] pairing opposite Vijay for the fifth time after Ghilli (2004), Thirupaachi (2005), Aathi (2006) and Kuruvi (2008).[28][29] Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was confirmed to play one of the main antagonists, in his Tamil film debut as well as his second South Indian film after K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022).[30] Dutt agreed to be a part of the project, after being impressed by the one-line narrated for the film.[31] Priya Anand also joined the film in an important role,[32] whilst Arjun was also cast in an important role.[33] He called it a "different" and "fresh" one that would justify his title "action king".[34] Mysskin,[35] Sandy Master,[36] Gautham Vasudev Menon,[37] and Mansoor Ali Khan would play prominent roles.[38] Malayalam actor Mathew Thomas, would also make his Tamil debut with the film.[39] All of their inclusion were confirmed by the production house in late-January 2023.[40] Manobala and Janany Kunaseelan were present at the film's preliminary shooting, confirming their presence in the film;[41][42] the latter would make her acting debut in a feature with this film.[41] George Maryan was also featured in the muhurat puja, thereby confirming his inclusion.[43] Abhirami Venkatachalam and Babu Antony were also confirmed after participating in the film's Kashmir schedule.[44][45]

Filming

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The film's second schedule was held in Kashmir.

Principal photography began with the first schedule on 2 January 2023 at EVP Film City in Chennai.[46] Minor portions of the film were held at Kodaikanal in the last week of January.[47] The second schedule commenced in Kashmir on 1 February 2023 and will go on till late March.[48] During this schedule, footage of Vijay was leaked and went viral,[49] prompting the film's official technology security partner to warn people against sharing leaked content or they would be deleted.[50] On 27 February 2023, Mysskin tweeted that he had completed filming his portions for the film, which included an intense stunt sequence.[51][52] In early March, Menon announced that he had completed filming for the film.[53] Manoj Paramahamsa brought a RED V-raptor XL camera to shoot significant portions of the film, a first for a Tamil film.[54] The subsequent schedule will be held in Chennai and rest of India thereafter and filming is expected to conclude in May.[55]

Post-production

Post-production for the film will begin by late-May and early-June 2023, once the film completes its shooting and will go on for three months as the film involves extensive computer graphics and visual effects.[55] Moving Picture Company will handle the visual effects, in their third Indian film after RRR and Bhediya (both 2022).[56]

Music

The soundtrack is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, in his fourth collaboration with Vijay after Kaththi (2014), Master and Beast; third collaboration with Lokesh after Master and Vikram.[24] The music rights were purchased by Sony Music India for ₹16 crore (US$2.2 million).[57] The track "Bloody Sweet" that was featured in the two-minute promo video was released on 3 February 2023, the same date as the promo.[58] It had English lyrics written by Heisenberg, with Anirudh and Siddharth Basrur performing.[59]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Bloody Sweet"HeisenbergAnirudh Ravichander, Siddharth Basrur2:49

Release

Theatrical

Leo is scheduled for a theatrical release on 19 October 2023.[12] Apart from Tamil, it is expected to be released in dubbed versions including Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages.[60]

Pre-release business

According to Indian trade sources, Leo is set to become the first Tamil film to achieve a pre-release recovery of ₹400 crore (US$56 million) with the sale of satellite, digital, music, and theatrical rights,[61] out of which, ₹246 crore (US$34 million) has been earned from the film's non-theatrical rights.[1]

Home media

The streaming rights of the film were acquired by Netflix for ₹150 crore (US$21 million),[62] whereas the satellite rights were bought by Sun TV Network for ₹80 crore (US$11 million).[63]

References

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  2. ↑ "Arjun Sarja's 'Thalapathy 67' renumeration revealed". The Times of India. 22 December 2022. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023. 'Thalapathy 67' is estimated to be made on a budget of over Rs 200 crores and the makers have already recovered the budget through the film's satellite and digital rights.
  3. ↑ Balachandran, Logesh (10 February 2021). "Thalapathy Vijay to reunite with Lokesh Kanagaraj for his 66th film?". India Today. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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