'Master' movie scenes leak online; fans back the film & urge to not support piracy

As the makers of Vijay Thalapathy and Vijay Sethupathi-starrer Master are gearing up for its grand release on January 13, a few scenes of the upcoming film leaked online on January 11. As soon as the director of Master, Lokesh Kanagaraj learnt this, he took to his social media handle and urged fans to not share the pirated copies. Later, two hashtags, #Masterleaked and #WeStandWithMaster, started trending on the micro-blogging site. A section of fans came in support of the makers and urged others to not share or watch the leaked copies. 

Netizens come in support of Master

While a few fans slammed piracy, others' requested to watch the film "only" in theatres. Fan-pages of numerous south superstars, such as Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, Vijay Deverkonda, Pawan Kalyan and Prabhas, among many others, too, wrote tweets in support of Vijay's Master. 

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Master details

Master, starring Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi is scheduled to hit the screens on Wednesday. The upcoming Tamil-language film was supposed to release in 2020. However, due to the global pandemic, the release was pushed for Pongal 2021. Produced by Xavier Britto, Master will release its Tamil and Telugu versions worldwide in theatres on January 13, while the Hindi version will be released on January 14. The action-thriller will also feature Malavika Mohanan, Andrea Jeremiah, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, and Arjun Das in the lead roles, in addition to Thalapathy Vijay. Since the Tamil Nadu government has allowed theatres with 100 per cent capacity to open in the state, the film will be released in theatres and not on any OTT platform.

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