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Filmi Score
Good
8 reviews
54
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Vijay and Sethupathi's performances and Anirudh's score carry Master through a strong first half, but critics agree the story is thin and predictable, with the second half dragging into a flat climax.
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Summary
Master (2021, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 54 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj · written by Lokesh Kanagaraj & Rathna Kumar & Pon Parthiban · music Anirudh Ravichander
Lokesh KanagarajDirector · Writer
Rathna KumarWriter
Pon ParthibanWriter
Anirudh RavichanderMusic
Sathyan SooryanCinematography
Philomin RajEditing
VijayLead
Vijay Sethupathi
Arjun Das
Malavika Mohanan
Andrea Jeremiah
Nassar
Shanthanu Bhagyaraj
Mahendran
N. Azhagamperumal
Ciby Bhuvana Chandran
Kulappulli Leela
Ramya Subramanian
Full crew
SoundHari Haran · Kannan Ganpat
Production designSathees Kumar
CostumeV. Sai · Pallavi Singh
ChoreographyDinesh · Sathish Krishnan
LyricsVishnu Edavan · Arunraja Kamaraj · Gana Balachandar · Vignesh Shivan · Arivu
VFXAndrew Shibi
ActionStunt Silva
MakeupP. Nagarajan · Preetisheel Singh
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Summary
An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Master (2021, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 54 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
8 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 8 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Siddarth Srinivas · 13 Jan 2021
Siddarth Srinivas calls Master worth watching for its two leads and action, praising Vijay and Sethupathi's performances, the cinematography and… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
76
Varun · YouTube, Kannada · transcript read · 14 Jan 2021
Varun finds the promised balance between director Lokesh and star Vijay never materializes, calling the story old and the screenplay unoriginal… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
63
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 13 Jan 2021
2.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 60
50
YouTube, Telugu · transcript read · 13 Jan 2021
Thyview praises Master's songs, first-half momentum and performances (Vijay, Arjun Das, Malavika Mohan, the child artist) but says the second… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
55
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 15 Jan 2021
Anmol Jamwal calls Master a mixed bag and one of Lokesh Kanagaraj's weaker films: strong praise for Vijay and especially Vijay Sethupathi's… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
50
Jeevi praises Vijay and Sethupathi's characterizations, Anirudh's music, and a strong first half, but says the screenplay turns predictable and… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
50
YouTube · transcript read · 31 Jan 2021
Tyagi calls Master a hollow, style-over-substance showcase of Vijay's stardom with no real plot development, redeemed only by striking… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
45
ramakrishna · 13 Jan 2021
Master Movie Review : Fails to meet expectations Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 32
50
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 8 readings; 2 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Master: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
Where can I watch Master?
Master is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada), ZEE5 (India), Sun NXT (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and Vi Movies and TV (India). It can also be rented or bought on Apple TV (India, the US, the UK and Canada), Google Play Movies (the US) and YouTube (the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Master?
Master has a Filmi Score of 54 (Good), the mean of 8 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 32 (Telugu360) to 76 (OnlyKollywood). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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