Directed
by:
Actors: Vijay, Lokesh Ka Nagaraj, Trisha Krishnan, Sanjay Dutt, Surya, Arjun Sarja
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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India
Language:
Hindi Language
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Leo is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Lokesh Ka Nagaraj and produced by Seven Screen Studio. The film stars Vijay in the titular role, alongside Sanjay Dutt, Arjun, Trisha, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Mysskin, Madonna Sebastian, George MaryAnn, Mansoor Ali Khan, Priya Anand and Mathew Thomas. It is the third installment in the Lokesh Cinematic Universe and is inspired by A History of Violence. an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name. The film follows Parthia, a café owner and animal rescuer in Theos, who is pursued by gangsters Antony and Harold Das who suspect him to be Antony's estranged son, Leo.
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 official title 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 Ravichandran, cinematography handled by Manoj Paramahamsa and editing by Philomena Raj.
Leo was released worldwide on 19 October 2023 in standard and IMAX formats to mixed reviews from critics. Inspire of this, it set several box office records for a Tamil film and emerged as the fifth highest-grossing Indian film of 2023.
Parthiban "Parthia" is an animal rescuer and a café owner in Theos, Himachal Pradesh living with his wife, Sathya, son Siddharth and daughter Mathia. One day, Parthia's friend, Joshy Andrews, a forest ranger, calls him to help tame a spotted hyena threatening the townsfolk. With Sidhu's help, Parthia manages to tranquilize the hyena. He purposely avoids public attention over this incident and adopts the hyena after it calms down.
One night, Parthia and Chintu are at the café when Shanmugam, a robber, and his men arrive to rob it. Parthia tries to appease them by giving them money, but one of the gang members makes a move on his employee Shruthi. Enraged, Parthia beats up all of them. When one of them attempts to kill Chintu, Parthia guns all of them down without hesitation, but later has an emotional breakdown. Initially arrested, Parthia is released for having committed the murders in self-defense, but his photograph appears in newspapers all over India. One such image is seen by notorious gangster Harold Das in Telangana, who informs his elder brother, Antony Das about him. Antony immediately leaves with his men for Theos.
Meanwhile, Shanmugam's relatives attempt to kill Parthia and his family, prompting him to request a high-ranking, armed police officer from Tamil Nadu to be sent to his house for protection. Parthia's request is granted as Napoleon, having been promoted recently following his heroics with Dili in Tiruchirappalli, is assigned to protect his family. On meeting Parthia, Antony insists that Parthia is his son, Leo Das, who was assumed to be dead, but Parthia vehemently denies this. Antony threatens him to accept his identity and surrender or face the consequences. Antony meets Sathya and tells her that Leo is a mass murderer, prompting her to dig into Parthia's past. At the same time, Joshy starts digging into Leo's past and learns about his friend, Irudayaraj D'Souza, who was arrested and is to be hanged in three days. On meeting with Irudayaraj, Joshy learns about Leo's past.
In 1999, Antony established a tobacco factory called Das & Co. Harold returned to India from Canada and started manufacturing and smuggling Datura, a drug significantly more lethal than cocaine, using the factory as a front as their tobacco products did not take off. Antony's twin children, Leo and Elisa Das, did the dirty work for them to run the business smoothly. Being a strong believer in the occult, Antony tried to sacrifice Elisa based on his astrologer's advice, as this would have allowed their tobacco products to take off. Enraged, Leo sets fire to all of Harold's drugs, but Harold manages to kill Elisa and Antony shoots Leo, who was since presumed to be dead.
On hearing this, Joshy is convinced that Parthi is not Leo, while Sathya also gets definitive proof of the same. Meanwhile, Antony kidnaps Siddhu and tells him that he will sacrifice Siddhu as he could not sacrifice Elisa with his own hands. Parthi and Napoleon give chase to Antony and his men, and Parthi eventually catches up with them. He finishes off Antony and his men but does not find Siddhu. Harold learns about Antony's death and calls Parthi to bring Antony's body in return for Siddhu. As Parthi goes to Harold's lair, Harold reveals that he has sent men to kill Sathya and Chintu. However, Napoleon, Joshy, and the hyena finish off all the men. Harold's men attack Parthi at their lair, but he manages to fend them off. As Harold and Parthi engage in a fistfight, Parthi grabs a gun and holds Harold at gunpoint.
At this point, Harold admits that Parthi is not Leo and states that he and his family can walk away freely. However, Parthi starts laughing and finally admits that he is Leo before gunning down Harold, rescuing Siddhu and torching the entire Das & Co. factory. Leo states that he has done nothing good in his past and anyone who insists on knowing his story must either die or already be dead.
In an epilogue, as peace returns to Parthia's life, he gets a phone call. The caller reveals that he knows Parthia is Leo and tells him that destroying only his family's Datura factory was not enough to make the society drug-free as drugs are rampant all over India. The caller also says that he knows Parthia recognizes his identity, as Parthia sighs in exasperation.
- Vijay as Parthiban "Parthia" / Leo Das
- Sanjay Dutt as Antony Das
- Arjun as Harold Das
- Trisha as Sathya
- Gautham Menon as Joshy Andrews
- George MaryAnn as Napoleon
- Mysskin as Shanmugam
- Madonna Sebastian as Elisa Das
- Mansoor Ali Khan as Irudayaraj D'Souza
- Priya Anand as Priya Andrews
- Mathew Thomas as Siddharth
- Ayla as Mathia
- Babu Antony as Antony's henchman
- Shanthi as Shanmugam's wife
- Sandy as a robber in Shanmugam's gang
- Madhusudan Rao as Shanmugam's brother-in-law
- Janay Kunaseelan as Shruthi
- Sachin Mani as Shruthi's husband
- Denzel Smith as a Judge
- Santi Mahadevi as Parthiban's advocate
- Mukhtar Khan as Bhawar Jetta, a police officer
- Leela Samson as a public prosecutor
- Ramakrishnan as Gabby
- Viipuri as an astrologer
- Dinesh Master as Dinesh
- Jawahar as a veterinarian
- Anurag Kashyap as Daniel
- Maya S. Krishnan as Vikram's aide
- Kamal Hasan as Vikram
After the success of Master in early 2021, it was reported that Lokesh Ka Nagaraj 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 Varese Reports of a potential collaboration between Lokesh and Vijay continued through February 2022. The following March, Lokesh confirmed there were discussions for him to direct Vijay's 67th film. That May, he confirmed the project, tentatively titled Thalapathy 67. The project was funded by S. S. Lalit Kumar's Seven Screen Studio, which had distributed and co-produced Master. Vijay's manager, Jagadish Palanisamy, served as a co-producer. The company made a public announcement on 30 January 2023, confirming the project, and the film's official title Leo was revealed on 3 February 2023.
The film was made on a budget of ₹250–350 crore, and Vijay was reported to receive ₹120 crore as his remuneration. 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 as an advance, and a chunk of the profits would be received as the actor's remuneration. Vijay was not in favor 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. In August 2023, the film was reported to be a part of the Lokesh Cinematic Universe, as the makers had signed a no objection certificate with Dream Warrior Pictures and Raja Kamal Films International, the producers of the LCU's previous installments Keitha and Vikram respectively. The film's status in the LCU was not confirmed until after its release.
It took Lokesh nearly six months for the writing and pre-production. Lokesh co-wrote the film's script along with Ratana Kumar, in his third consecutive collaboration with the director, and Dheeraj Vaidya, director of Jell Jung Juke (2016). Both of them joined the writing team in mid August 2022. Lokesh said the film would be completely made in his style, unlike Master which he considered a 50% Vijay film and 50% his film. A muhurta puja was held on 5 December 2022 at AVM Studios in Chennai with the film's cast and crew. On 7 December, the team shot the promotional video for the film for nearly three days.
In mid-January 2023, Manoj Paramahamsa was announced as cinematographer, marking his first collaboration with Lokesh and third with Vijay after Nan ban (2012) and Beast. Anirudh Ravichandran would score the music, in his third consecutive film with the director. Lokesh further retained most of his norm technicians including editor Philomel Raj, stunt choreography duo Ambary, dance choreographer Dinesh Kumar and art director N. Satheesh Kumar. Praveen Raja would style the costumes for Vijay, along with his regular costume designers Pallavi Singh and Eke Lakhani. Ramkumar Balasubramanian was appointed as executive producer of the film by the production house.
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