The Kung fu Master

<p>Rishi Ram and his sister Rithu Ram are trained in and live in with their family. Rishi is a family man and a instructor, while Rithu is a college lecturer. In an unexpected circumstance, Rishi becomes a police informer against Louis Antony, a leader of a criminal gang trained in martial arts. However, Louis learns about Rishi’s identity and arranges an attack on him and his family. Rishi and Rithu’s family are killed, leaving them devastated. An enraged Rishi and Rithu sets out to avenge their family’s death. Rishi and Rithu forms a plan and manages to eliminate Louis’s gang. Rishi and Rithu finally fights with Louis, where they manage to kill Louis and return to their peaceful life. The film was shot at , and . The martial arts sequences were influenced by the action films of , and . Neeta Pillai trained for a year to perform action scenes in the film. The music and background score was composed by Ishaan Chhabra, and the lyrics for the songs were written by Sreerekha Bhaskaran. The film was released on 24 January 2020. The satellite and digital rights were sold to and . Sajin Shrijith of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote “A solid martial arts film that makes you want to sign up for self-defence classes.” Cris of gave 3/5 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.” G. Ragesh of gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote “Except for the boldness to experiment in choice of themes, is neither above nor below a notch in Abrid’s career graph.” Anna Mathews of gave 2.5/5 stars and praised its action choreography and acting, but criticised its story and characterization. S. R. Praveen of wrote ” showcases the kind of action that Malayalam cinema has not witnessed before. The script is shoddy, but high-octane kicks and punches help this Malayalam film stand on its own.”</p>