Scenes from Master leaked ahead of grand release on Wednesday

The makers of the Tamil film Master, which is scheduled to be released in cinemas on Wednesday, were shocked to learn that key scenes, including leading man Vijay's introduction sequence, were leaked online on Monday night.

Apparently, the clips were recorded during a specially organised show for the distributors of the movie.

As soon as the news about broke, the makers of the movie sprung into action. Director Lokesh Kanagaraj took to Twitter and requested audiences to not watch and share the leaked clips.

He wrote, "Dear all. It's been a 1.5 year long struggle to bring Master to u. All we have is hope that you'll enjoy it in theatres. If u come across leaked clips from the movie, please don't share it. Thank u all. Love u all. One more day and Master is all yours (sic).

Dear all
It's been a 1.5 year long struggle to bring Master to u. All we have is hope that you'll enjoy it in theatres. If u come across leaked clips from the movie, please don't share it 🙏🏻 Thank u all. Love u all. One more day and #Master is all yours.

— Lokesh Kanagaraj (@Dir_Lokesh) January 11, 2021

The makers of Master, XB Film Creators, also took to Twitter and requested audiences to not share the leaked clips.

“Team #Master requests you all not to forward/share any leaked content and if you come across anything of these sorts, please share it with us at report@blockxpiracy.com (sic)." Read their tweet.

Team #Master requests you all not to forward/share any leaked content and if you come across anything of these sorts, please share it with us at report@blockxpiracy.com

— XB Film Creators (@XBFilmCreators) January 11, 2021

A source from the team confirmed that the source of the leak has been identified and action will be taken against the person.

Master is the first pan-Indian film to be released this year. The film, which features Vijay in the role of a college professor with a violent past, will be released in four languages. The movie also stars Vijay Sethupathi, Malavika Mohanan, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and Andrea Jeremiah.