Netflix bags streaming rights of Vijay’s Master

The streaming rights of Thalapathy Vijay’s much-anticipated film, Master’, have been bagged by popular OTT platform, Netflix.

The film, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, was supposed to hit the screens in April. However, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, pushed the release date. While there were reports that the film will hit the screens in January 2021, the latest news regarding the film’s release has surprised the fans.

It is reported that the distributor of the film, Seven Screen Studio’s Lalit Kumar has sold the streaming rights to Netflix. Netflix reportedly offered a huge amount to buy the rights of the film.

However, the maker’s are yet to decide upon the theatrical release of the movie.

A few months ago, the director of the Lokesh Kanagraj, said that they are waiting for reopening of theatres to release the film and denied the possibility of releasing Master on an OTT platform.

Master, produced by Xavier Britto, stars Vijay, Vijay Sethupathi, Malavika Mohanan, Andrea Jeremiah, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and Arjun Das in the lead roles. Meanwhile, Vijay has started working on the pre-production of his 65th film. Produced by Sun Pictures, the film is likely to go on floors in February 2021, post Master release.