Udhayanidhi's Red Giant Movies bags Tamil Nadu theatrical rights of Vijay-starrer Beast

The makers of Beast, starring Vijay in lead role, announced on Tuesday that the film will hit the screens on April 13. The action flick directed by Nelson Dilipkumar was censored the other day and the movie bagged an U/A certificate. The project which has a run time of 155 minutes is bankrolled by Sun Pictures.

Pooja Hegde is paired opposite Vijay for the first time in the film which has Selvaraghavan, Redin Kingsley, Yogi Babu, VTV Ganesh, Aparna Das and Shine Tom Chacko among others essaying key roles. The team has released two singles from the film so far.

Actor-politician Udhayanidhi Stalin has now announced that his production house Red Giant Movies has bagged the theatrical rights of Beast in Tamil Nadu. The social media account of the production company tweeted, "News you've been waiting for! Proud to announce #RedGiantMovies will be releasing #Thalapathy @actorvijay’s #Beast in TamilNadu #BeastFromApril13 (sic)."

Post the opening of theatres in Tamil Nadu after the second lockdown, Red Giant Movies has acquired theatrical rights of a few notable projects. Prabhas' Radhe Shyam was the last movie they had acquired. According to Udhayanidhi, it was the stunning visuals and making which made him purchase its theatrical rights.

Meanwhile, it is heard that the overseas rights of Beast have been sold for 32 crores and Telugu rights for 11 crores. It is yet to be known who will acquire the film's Kerala and Karnataka rights. The much-awaited Yash-starrer KGF 2 is arriving a day later, on April 14, and movie lovers are excited about the big clash at the box office.

Though Beast will have an upper hand in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, KGF 2 is supposed to dominate the box office in Karnataka and Telugu states.