Masterpiece is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action film written and directed by Manju Mandavya. Pavan Ranadheera who happens to be Yash's friend has written the story and joined his hands for screenplay. This film was released on 24 December 2015, starring Yash and Shanvi Srivastava in the lead roles, it also features Suhasini Maniratnam, P. Ravi Shankar and Chikkanna in the supporting roles, the music is composed by V. Harikrishna. The film was released on 24 December 2015.
Plot
Yuva is a local goon who is living with his mother Durga, his sister, and sister's son Lochan. Durga disapproves of many of Yuva's antics where she reads him stories of Subhash Chandra Bose, Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh when Yuva was a child, in the hope that he would one day become like them. However, Yuva is exact opposite. Consequently, she gives a TV interview about his upbringing and how his actions have not been good, thus giving the public an impression that Yuva is a rogue. Yuva and his friend Bruce Lee help Noor Ahmed, a local politician, to get elected in college and local elections, thus gaining political connections in the process. Alongside this, Yuva falls in love with a carefree girl named Nisha. When Nisha gets caught in the middle of a chase between the police and a gangster known as Boss, Yuva knocks Boss unconscious, sending him into a coma.
After Boss is admitted to the hospital, Yuva's family begins to be threatened by various actions by Boss's henchman. Yuva's nephew Lochan is kidnapped and returned later that day unharmed. Durga gets locked in a storage closet in a temple where Yuva saves her from intoxication. Yuva lodges a complaint to the police commissioner, only to be mocked since the police had seen his interview. Yuva realises that his family is in danger and begins to change his laid-back attitude. When Yuva and Nisha visit a mall, Nisha disappears and Yuva receives a phone call from Boss's brother Danny; in order to save Nisha, he must help Boss escape from the hospital. Yuva does what is told, but is knocked unconscious along with Nisha, and Yuva is later framed as a drug smuggler. Noor Ahmed and Bruce Lee take Yuva and Nisha to their hideout, where they watch Durga wishes for Yuva to be encounter killed by the police, before a commotion breaks out against Durga.
Yuva realizes that his family has been disrespected and plots to prove his innocence by capturing Boss and his men. Yuva captures Boss, along with Danny and his right-hand men. Yuva and Bruce Lee decides to record a video before finishing them. While Bruce Lee is recording the whole incident, Boss admits that he had corrupt cops supporting him the whole time in the cocaine trade and proclaims that India can't change. Yuva realizes Boss's point of view and takes up a stand, revealing that while he initially set out to make his mother proud, Now, he is set on making his motherland proud by proclaiming that illegal drugs will no longer be available in local stores. Yuva kills Boss and his men in Dirty Harry-style, causing him to get arrested. The video goes viral throughout the country, causing widespread support for Yuva. Durga visits him in prison and feeds carrot halwa to him; as she leaves, she finally sees Bhagat Singh in her son and becomes a proud mother.
Cast
Yash as Yuva
Shanvi Srivastava as Nisha, Yuva's love interest
Suhasini Maniratnam as Durga, Yuva's mother
Ravishankar as Boss, a drug mafia don
Chikkanna as Bruce Lee, Yuva's friend
Ananth Padmanabha as Burce Lee's Friend
Achyuth Kumar as Noor Ahmed
Avinash as Police Commissioner
Anil Kumar as Gooli Shankar
Ekta Rathod in a Mallige (cameo appearance) Ayyappa P Sharma as Danny, Boss's younger brother Vijay Kashi as Nisha's father Dhanush as himself
Production
The film was announced on 21 October 2014, to coincide with the occasion of Deepavali, a Hindu festival, by film producer Vijay Kiragandur. The film would be titled Masterpiece and would be produced under his banner, Hombale Films. Manju Mandavya made his directorial debut, who also wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the film. On titling the film as Masterpiece, he said, "Masterpiece was a spontaneous title that somehow clicked when I was getting into the structure of the story and when the hero's character was developing in my mind." V. Harikrishna was chosen to compose the music for the film and Vaidhy was chosen as cinematographer.