Masterpiece (2017 film)

Masterpiece is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language action crime thriller film directed by Ajai Vasudev and written by Udayakrishna.

[2] It stars Mammootty in the lead role, alongside Unni Mukundan, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Mukesh, Gokul Suresh, Maqbool Salmaan and John Kaippallil.

Principal photography began on 17 April 2017 at the Fatima Mata National College, Kollam and was completed by the end of November in Kochi.

Deepak Dev composed the music for the film, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Vinod Illampally and Johnkutty.

[3] Masterpiece was released on 21 December 2017, received positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success at the box office.

The both group in disguise arrive at Mother's College to meet Vedhika and propose her but she already had an fallen for Unnikrishnan, who was her music teacher Balan’s son and also a senior of hers with whom she had a flashback.

He receives a call from Vedhika asking him to come to meet her at railway station at 11:30pm .The Real Fighters support Unnikrishnan to confess his love to Vedika and gives him ring and the key of a colleague's bike.

Professor Cherian, who is the college vice principal and also Roshan's father talks to Edward about his life as a divorcee.

Unnikrishnan was arrested on purpose and was killed as Thekkan understood Unni had known certain facts about Vedhika's death.

Cherian and students learn that the Edward, who was with them is an IPS officer named Anto Antony from the Central Home Department and also that the police disguised as workers in the college, were actually his teammates.

In October 2016, Uday Krishna stated that his next screenplay, features Mammootty as a lecturer and would be directed by Ajai Vasudev, and it would be set at the backdrop of a college campus.

[4] The film was announced in February 2017 at a ceremony held in Dubai by producer C. H. Muhammed as his debut production venture.

"[7] By February 2017, actors Mukesh, Maqbool Salmaan, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Arjun Nandhakumar, Kailash, and John Kaipallil were confirmed to be in cast,[5] while Unni Mukundan was hired by Ajai Vasudev to an important role, though he had not officially signed at the time.

Mukesh was reported to appear in a role of vice principal at the college, while Unni Mukundan's character was confirmed to be not a student.

[9][7] In April 2017, Gokul Suresh[10] Maqbool Salmaan, John Kaippallil[11] and Santhosh Pandit were confirmed in prominent roles.

"[15] Uday Krishna revealed that Varalaxmi would play an IPS officer Bhavani Durga and Poonam Bajwa a lecturer.

[23] Final schedule of filming began in November and Mammootty's action scenes were shot in Kochi in three days.

[24] Filming concluded in November end in Kochi, with some crucial scenes in the movie shot there in final days.

[26] Deepa Soman of The Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Masterpiece falls flat at many areas and sadly lacks the kick of a commercial, festival release.

The so-called mass scenes are aplenty but they aren’t entertainingly impactful enough for a film with a runtime of 2 hours and 40 minutes.