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{{Cast listing|
* [[Thalaivasal Vijay]] as Leo Das
* [[Vijay]] as Leo Das
* [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]]
* [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]]
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Antony Das<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 July 2023 |title='Glimpse of Antony Das': Sanjay Dutt's look from Vijay's 'Leo' out |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/glimpse-of-antony-das-sanjay-dutts-look-from-vijays-leo-out/article67135292.ece |url-status=live |access-date=29 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729170631/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/glimpse-of-antony-das-sanjay-dutts-look-from-vijays-leo-out/article67135292.ece |archive-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Antony Das<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 July 2023 |title='Glimpse of Antony Das': Sanjay Dutt's look from Vijay's 'Leo' out |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/glimpse-of-antony-das-sanjay-dutts-look-from-vijays-leo-out/article67135292.ece |url-status=live |access-date=29 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729170631/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/glimpse-of-antony-das-sanjay-dutts-look-from-vijays-leo-out/article67135292.ece |archive-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>

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Leo
Poster
Directed byLokesh Kanagaraj
Written by
Produced by
  • S. S. Lalit Kumar
  • Jagadish Palanisamy
Starring
CinematographyManoj Paramahamsa
Edited byPhilomin Raj
Music byAnirudh Ravichander
Production
company
Distributed bysee below
Release date
  • 19 October 2023 (2023-10-19)
Running time
163 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budgetest. ₹250–300 crore[2]

Leo is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action thriller film[3] directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, who co-wrote it with Rathna Kumar and Deeraj Vaidy. It is the third film in the Lokesh Cinematic Universe, and is produced by S. S. Lalit Kumar of Seven Screen Studio while Jagadish Palanisamy serves as co-producer. The film stars Thalaivasal Vijay as the titular character, and Trisha, alongside Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Sarja, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Mansoor Ali Khan and Mysskin.

The film was officially announced in January 2023 under the tentative title Thalapathy 67, as it is Vijay's 67th film as a lead actor, and the title of the film was announced a few days later. Principal photography commenced the same month in Chennai along with a sporadic schedule in Kashmir, which was again followed by another schedule held at the former location, and wrapped by mid-July. The film has music composed by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography handled by Manoj Paramahamsa and editing by Philomin Raj.

Leo is scheduled to be released in theatres worldwide on 19 October 2023 in standard, and IMAX formats.

Cast

Production

Development

Leo is the second collaboration of Vijay with Lokesh Kanagaraj after Master (2021).

After the success of Master in early 2021, it was reported that Lokesh Kanagaraj visited Vijay at his residence and narrated a script which impressed him. The project was supposed to be the actor's 66th film as a leading actor; however, that position instead went to Varisu (2023).[17] Reports of a potential collaboration between Lokesh and Vijay continued through February 2022.[18][19] The following March, Lokesh confirmed there were discussions for him to direct Vijay's 67th film.[20] That May, he confirmed the project, tentatively titled Thalapathy 67.[21] The project was funded by S. S. Lalit Kumar's Seven Screen Studio, which had distributed and co-produced Master,[22] while Vijay's manager Jagadish serves as a co-producer. The company made a public announcement on 30 January 2023, confirming the project,[23] and the film's official title Leo was revealed on 3 February 2023.[24]

The film is being made on a budget of ₹250–300 crore, and Vijay was reported to receive ₹120 crore (US$14 million) as remuneration.[2] However, he reportedly decided to take the revenue sharing model, to benefit the film's production; as per the basis, he would receive ₹50 crore (US$5.9 million) as an advance, and a chunk of the profits would be received as the actor's remuneration.[25] Vijay was not in favour of making Leo a pan-Indian film as he wanted to focus on satisfying the Tamil audience. The actor, however, changed his mind after Lalit and Jagadish convinced him. Some changes were also made to the original story to help the film cater to a wider audience.[26][27] In August 2023, the film was confirmed to be part of the Lokesh Cinematic Universe as the makers of this film had signed a no objection certificate with the makers of the franchise's previous films.[28]

Pre-production

It took Lokesh nearly six months for the writing and pre-production.[29] Lokesh co-wrote the film's script along with Rathna Kumar, in his third consecutive collaboration with the director,[30][31] and Deeraj Vaidy, director of Jil Jung Juk (2016). Both of them joined the writing team in mid August 2022.[32] Lokesh said the film would be completely made in his style, unlike Master which he considered a 50% Vijay film and 50% his film.[29] A muhurat puja was held on 5 December 2022 at AVM Studios in Chennai with the film's cast and crew.[33] On 7 December, the team shot the promotional video for the film for nearly three days.[34]

In mid-January 2023, Manoj Paramahamsa was announced as cinematographer, marking his first collaboration with Lokesh and third with Vijay after Nanban (2012) and Beast (2022).[35] Anirudh Ravichander would score the music, in his third consecutive film with the director.[36] Lokesh further retained most of his norm technicians including editor Philomin Raj, stunt choreography duo Anbariv, dance choreographer Dinesh Kumar and art director N. Sathees Kumar.[37] Praveen Raja would style the costumes for Vijay, along with his regular costume designers Pallavi Singh and Eka Lakhani.[38][39] Ramkumar Balasubramanian was appointed as executive producer of the film by the production house.[40]

Casting

Trisha was cast as the female lead, reuniting with Vijay 14 years since their last release, Kuruvi (2008). Sanjay Dutt would make his Tamil debut with this film.

Vijay would sport a grey-shaded hairstyle for his character, which was finalised after 30 different looks.[41][42] Trisha was cast as the female lead,[43] pairing opposite Vijay for the fifth time after Ghilli (2004), Thirupaachi (2005), Aathi (2006) and Kuruvi (2008).[44][45] Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was confirmed to play one of the main antagonists, in his Tamil film debut as well as his second South Indian film after KGF: Chapter 2 (2022).[46] Dutt agreed to be a part of the project, after being impressed by the one-line narrated for the film.[47] Priya Anand also joined the film in an important role,[48] whilst Arjun was also cast in an important role.[49] He called it a "different" and "fresh" one that would justify his title "Action King".[50]

Mysskin,[51] Sandy Master,[52] Gautham Vasudev Menon,[53] and Mansoor Ali Khan would play prominent roles.[54] Malayalam actor Mathew Thomas, would also make his Tamil debut with the film.[55] All of their inclusion were confirmed by the production house in late-January 2023.[56] Manobala and Janany Kunaseelan were present at the film's preliminary shooting, confirming their presence in the film;[57][58] the latter would make her acting debut in a feature with this film.[57] George Maryan was also featured in the muhurat puja, thereby confirming his inclusion.[59] Abhirami Venkatachalam and Babu Antony were also confirmed after participating in the film's Kashmir schedule.[60][61] Manobala died on 3 May 2023, making Leo a posthumous release for him.[62]

Filming

Leo was mainly filmed in Kashmir.

Principal photography began with the first schedule on 2 January 2023 at EVP Film City in Chennai.[63] Minor portions of the film were held at Kodaikanal in the last week of January and Mysskin shot for some of his portions there as he could not allocate dates to travel to Kashmir, where the subsequent schedule would take place.[64] The second schedule commenced in Kashmir on 1 February.[65] During this schedule, footage of Vijay was leaked and went viral,[66] prompting the film's official technology security partner to warn people against sharing leaked content or they would be deleted.[67] Furthermore, most of the cast and crew members were prohibited from using mobile phones on the sets, to prevent leakage of stills and videos from the shoot.[68] On 27 February 2023, Mysskin tweeted that he had completed filming his portions for the film, which included an intense stunt sequence.[69][70] In early March, Menon announced that he had completed filming for the film.[71]

Manoj Paramahamsa brought a IMAX-certified RED V-Raptor 8K camera to shoot significant portions, a first for a Tamil film.[72][73] On 11 March, Dutt started filming for his portions in the Kashmir schedule,[74][75] and completed them within six days.[41][76] Filming was halted on 21 March due to a minor earthquake in the location,[77] but resumed soon after. An action sequence made on a cost of ₹10 crore (US$1.2 million) and involving a hyena was shot in this schedule.[78] Vijay shot a fight scene with only a simple, thin shirt and had to roll on ice, despite the temperature being -20 °C. A sequence involving him shirtless was also filmed. During production, he helped the crew to push a car which was stuck in the snow.[79][80] The Kashmir schedule ended on 23 March.[81][82] The studio shared a behind-the-scenes video of the Kashmir schedule that day as a tribute to the crew of Leo, who worked behind-the-scenes in -5 to -6 °C. The director thanked each and every person from the crew for making the Kashmir schedule happen.[83][84] The team shot at Dal Lake, Hazratbal Shrine, Sonamarg, Pahalgam and Srinagar in this schedule.[85]

The third schedule was intended to begin on 29 March at Chennai,[86][87] but commenced on 5 April. A set was erected for this schedule which led to the postponement. Vijay, along with Dutt, Trisha, Arjun and Priya Anand joined the concurrent schedule,[88] which was reported to go on for 17 days.[89] Many action scenes were shot with a Mocobot camera.[90] Trisha, Dutt and Arjun would begin filming from May.[91][92] Lokesh also planned to shoot the introductory song sequence featuring at least 2000 background artists.[93] The song was shot in early June in Chennai with 500 background artists.[94] The makers spent ₹7 crore (US$820,000) for shooting the song for 7 days.[95] Paramahamsa purchased a Komodo-X camera to shoot the action sequences in high resolution, thus becoming the first Indian film to be shot using this camera.[96] In late-June, production moved to Talakona.[97] The final schedule was shot in Hyderabad and the climax portion in Ramoji Film City.[98] Vijay had completed shooting for his portions by 10 July.[99] Principal photography wrapped by 14 July 2023, with filming having lasted 125 working days.[100] A month later, the team returned to Kashmir for patchwork filming.[101]

Post-production

V. Srinivas Mohan is one of the visual effects supervisors of Leo

In February 2023, The Times of India reported that the film would be having an "extended post-production time" due to Lokesh not wanting to compromise on the CGI.[102] Vijay started dubbing for his segments in early July 2023 and completed it on 10 July.[103] Monesh H. and V. Srinivas Mohan are the visual effects supervisors, along with the Moving Picture Company, Al Zhara VFX and SkyHigh VFX, the film's principal visual effects studios.[104][105] The film's digital intermediate and color grading works began in late August 2023.[106]

Music

Leo
Soundtrack album by
Anirudh Ravichander
Released2023 (2023)
Recorded2022–2023
Studio
GenreFilm soundtrack
LanguageTamil
LabelSony Music India
ProducerAnirudh Ravichander
Anirudh Ravichander chronology
Jawan
(2023) 		Leo
(2023) 		Indian 2
(2023)
Singles from Leo
  1. "Naa Ready"
    Released: 22 June 2023 (2023-06-22)
  2. "Badass"
    Released: 28 September 2023 (2023-09-28)

The soundtrack is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, in his fourth collaboration with Vijay after Kaththi (2014), Master and Beast; third collaboration with Lokesh after Master and Vikram (2022).[37] The music rights were purchased by Sony Music India for ₹16 crore (US$1.9 million).[107] The audio launch was to be held on 30 September 2023 at the Nehru Stadium, but was later cancelled on 27 September 2023 due to incessant requests for passes in addition to safety constraints.[108]

The track "Bloody Sweet" that was featured in the two-minute promo video was released on 3 February 2023, the same date as the promo.[105][109] It had English lyrics written by Heisenberg, with Anirudh and Siddharth Basrur performing.[110] The first single titled "Naa Ready" was released on 22 June 2023, on the occasion of Vijay's birthday.[111] It was later censored by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) with modified visuals and lyrics on 9 September 2023.[112] The second single titled "Badass" was initially to be released on 19 September 2023,[113] but was later released on 28 September 2023 after the cancelation of the audio launch.[114] The audio jukebox is to be released on 30 September 2023.[115]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Bloody Sweet"HeisenbergAnirudh Ravichander, Siddharth Basrur2:49
2."Naa Ready"Vishnu Edavan; Rap by Asal KolaarVijay, Anirudh Ravichander, Asal Kolaar4:17
3."Badass"Vishnu EdavanAnirudh Ravichander, Prudhvi Chandra3:49

Marketing

On 16 September 2023, at the 11th South Indian International Movie Awards, Lokesh announced that the film updates would begin from the following day.[116] The official merchandise of Leo was launched by Veeleos on 17 September 2023.[117]

Leo: Bloody Sweet Promo was released on 3 February 2023, revealing the film's title.[109] The first look poster was released on 22 June 2023, and became the most liked first look in 24 hours on Twitter.[118] The Telugu poster which released on 17 September 2023, became the fastest poster of an Indian film to reach 1 million likes on Instagram in 32 minutes.[119] The trailer of the film is schedule to release on 5 October 2023.

Release

Theatrical

Leo is scheduled for a theatrical release on 19 October 2023 in standard, IMAX and other premium formats.[24][120] Apart from Tamil, it is expected to be released in dubbed versions including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages.[121] An uncut version of the film will theatrically release in the UK.[122] Leo will be the first film of Vijay to be released on IMAX format in UK.[123]

Pre-bookings started in the UK by Ahimsa Entertainment on 7 September 2023, six weeks before the release.[124] Over 10,000 tickets were sold on the first day of pre-bookings.[125] Pre-bookings started in the North America by Prathyangira Cinemas and AA Creations and in Germany by Lokah Entertainment on 27 September 2023, three weeks before the release.[126][127]

Distribution

Sree Gokulam Movies acquired the distribution rights of the film in Kerala for ₹15 crore (US$1.8 million).[128] Sithara Entertainments brought the distribution rights for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,[129] and Swagath Enterprise did so for Karnataka.[130] Phars Films acquired the overseas distribution rights and will release the film themselves in the Middle East.[131] Ahimsa Entertainment acquired the distribution rights for UK and 4 Seasons Creations for the rest of Europe,[132][133] Prathyangira Cinemas and AA Creations fro North America,[126] Home Screen Entertainment for Singapore,[134] Malik Streams for Malaysia,[135] Cyber Systems Australia for Australia and New Zealand.[136]

Pre-release business

According to Indian trade sources, Leo is set to become the first Tamil film to achieve a pre-release recovery of ₹422 crore (US$49 million) with the sale of satellite, digital, music, and theatrical rights,[137] out of which, ₹246 crore (US$29 million) has been earned from the film's non-theatrical rights.[138] The overseas theatrical rights were sold to Phars Films for ₹60 crore (US$7.0 million).[139]

Home media

The digital streaming rights were acquired by Netflix and the satellite rights by Sun TV.[140][141]

Controversies

After the song "Naa Ready" released, Pattali Makkal Katchi president and MP Anbumani Ramadoss asked Vijay to stop promoting smoking scenes in the film.[142] Chennai-based RTI Selvam filed an online complaint against the film with the Chennai Police Commissioner asking for action against Vijay under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The complaint stated that through the song, Vijay was glorifying consumption of drugs. On 26 June 2023, Selvam submitted his complaint in person as well. A ban on the film was also demanded.[143] As a result, the song was censored with less smoking scenes and some lyrics were modified under the suggestion of the CBFC.[144][112]

Future

In early August, it was reported that the film would have a second part, making it Vijay's first time doing a sequel.[145] Production is expected to start in 2025 after Lokesh's commitments towards Thalaivar 171, Kaithi 2 and Vikram 2.[146]

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