Actor Vijay is gearing up for the release of Beast, his first movie in exactly 15 months since his last outing tomorrow. Fans are buzzing with the promising prospect of Beast and here is all you need to know about this film:

• Title: Beast (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada), RAW (Hindi)

• Genre: Hijack Thriller, Hostage Thriller, Action, Drama, Comedy

• Release Date: April 13, 2022 [IST]

• FDFS Time: 4 AM [IST]
  

• Censor:
  • U/A - India
  • PG 12 - Oman
    
  • PG 13 - Malaysia
  • 15 - UK
  • R 15 - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
  • PG 15 - UAE, Bahrain
    
  • MA15+ - Australia
    
  • NC 16 (No Children Below 16 years) - Singapore

• Runtime:
  •   India (Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam)
    • 2 hours 35 minutes 38 seconds
      • First Half - 1 hour 30 minutes
      • Second Half - 1 hour 5 minutes 38 seconds
        
  • India (Hindi)
    
    • 2 hours 38 minutes 22 seconds
      
  •  USA (Tamil, Telugu)
    • 2 hours 39 minutes
      
  • Australia (Tamil, Telugu)
    • 2 hours 37 minutes
      
  • Malaysia (Tamil)
    • 2 hours 30 minutes
    
    

• Plot:A busy mall in Chennai city is taken hostage by an international terrorist organization in demand of the release their head. Indian government sets up a negotiation team headed by Madhav Singh (Selvaragavan), who finds out that former RAW agent Veera Raghavan (Vijay) is one of the captives and seeks help from him. What happens next is narrated with director Nelson's humorous and action-packed storytelling.

• Cast/Characters
  • Vijay - Former RAW spy Veera Raghavan
  • Pooja Hegde - Preethi
  • Selvaraghavan - Madhav Singh
  • Sathish
  • Shine Tom Chacko (Villain)
  • Ankur Ajith Vikal
  • Shaji Chen (Minister)
  • Sujatha Babu (Minister's Wife)
    
  • Aparna Das (Minister's Daughter)
    
  • Yogi Babu
  • Redin Kingley
  • Sunil Reddy
  • Shiva Arvind
  • Lilliput Faruqi
    
  •  VTV Ganesh
  • Bjorn Surrao

• Writing/Direction: Nelson Dilipkumar

• Music: Anirudh Ravichander

• Cinematography: Manoj Paramahansa

• Edit: Nirmal

• Stunt Choreography: Anbariv

• Dance Choreography: Master Jani

• Production: Sun Pictures