Vijay-starrer ‘Beast’ banned in Kuwait? Know latest updates on Tamil movie releases

Beast poster featuring actor Vijay
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Beast poster featuring actor Vijay

Highlight

  • Vijay in the lead role in the Tamil film Beast
  • Kuwait also banned Malayalam film ‘Kurup’ and Tamil film ‘FIR’
  • The film is scheduled to hit the screens on April 13

Even as fans continue to wait with bated breath for the release of director Nelson Dilipkumar’s upcoming action entertainer ‘Beast’, which stars actors Vijay and Pooja Hegde in lead roles, industry pundits on Tuesday claimed that the film has been banned in Kuwait. was given. Although some entertainment industry trackers claimed that Kuwait’s Ministry of Information had banned the Tamil film, it was unclear why the film was banned. Some of the reasons he suspected for banning the film included its portrayal of Pakistan, terrorists and violence.

‘Beast’ is not the first Indian film to be banned in Kuwait. Earlier, Kuwait had also banned Malayalam film ‘Kurup’ and Tamil film ‘FIR’.

Actor Vijay plays a detective named Veerraghavan in director Nelson Dilipkumar’s explosive action thriller “Beast”, which takes place inside a mall.

A mall called East Coast Mall is surrounded by terrorists and an interlocutor (Selvaraghavan) is called in by the government to initiate talks with them. The interlocutor is relieved to learn that an Indian soldier, Veeraraghavan (Vijay), considered one of the best spies, is inside the mall.

How the soldier deals with terrorists, this is the film. The trailer has created huge excitement among fans, who have gathered in large numbers to watch it on huge screens in theatres. It has garnered 24 million views in less than 18 hours of its release on YouTube.

The trailer, which was swiftly released by the makers on Saturday at 6 pm, garnered 2 million views in just 15 minutes flat. Over 260,000 people liked the trailer in the first 15 minutes. The numbers only seemed to grow steadily from there. As of Sunday afternoon, the trailer had garnered 24.85 million views and more than 20 lakh people liked the trailer.

The film, which is scheduled to hit the screens on April 13, has music by Anirudh.