The Kung Fu Master (TV Series)

''The Kung Fu Master'' is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language martial arts film written and directed by Abrid Shine and produced by Shibu Thekkumpuram under the banner of Fullon Studio Frames. The film stars Neeta Pillai, Sanoop Dinesh and Jiji Scaria in the lead roles. The music and background score of the film was composed by Ishaan Chhabra. Arjun Ravi, who is the son of actor-director Major Ravi made his debut as a cinematographer with this film.

Premise

Rishi Ram and his sister Rithu Ram are martial arts instructors in Rishikesh, who are leading a peaceful life, but Rishi becomes the target of a notorious gang led by Louis Antony after he turns a police informer. After their families get killed in an attack orchestrated by Louis, Rishi and Rithu sets out to destroy Louis and his gangsters.

Cast

* Neeta Pillai as Rithu Ram
* Jiji Scaria as Rishi Ram
* Sanoop Dinesh as Louis Antony
* Sooraj S. Kurup as Naveen
* Anju Balachandran as Anu
* Sonet Jose as Killer Jenson

Production

The film was shot at Himalayan Valley, Badrinath and India-China border. The martial arts sequences were influenced by the action films of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Neeta Pillai trained Kung fu for a year to perform action scenes in the film.

Soundtrack

The music and background score was composed by Ishaan Chhabra, and the lyrics for the songs were written by Sreerekha Bhaskaran.

Release

The film was released on 24 January 2020.

Reception

Critical response

Sajin Shrijith of ''Cinema Express'' gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "''The Kung Fu Master'' is a complete contrast to whatever he has made before in that it is a very plain, straightforward work. The film’s progress from one development to the next is as simple as drawing a straight line from one point to the other. Abrid foregoes his usual experiments with screenplay structure in favour of an adrenaline rush this time. But it is not without its novelty factors." Cris of ''The News Minute'' gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Baring the few read-from-a-textbook-like dialogue deliveries at the beginning, the film is engaging, paced, but perhaps lacks effort in its scripting. Abrid appears to have dedicated most of the scripting to the fights and then let the rest of the story take care of itself."

S. R. Praveen of ''The Hindu'' wrote "''The Kung Fu Master'' showcases the kind of action that Malayalam cinema has not witnessed before. It makes the film stand on its own despite having one of the shoddiest of scripts in recent times." G. Ragesh of '' Onmanorama'' gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Except for the boldness to experiment in choice of themes, The Kung Fu Master is neither above nor below a notch in Abrid's career graph."

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2020 films
2020s Malayalam-language films
Indian martial arts films
Indian action films
2020 martial arts films
Films directed by Abrid Shine