The film stars Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi, with Malavika Mohanan, Arjun Das, Andrea Jeremiah and Shanthanu Bhagyaraj in supporting roles.

The film was produced by Xavier Britto, under his maiden production studio XB Film Creators, with Lalit Kumar and Jagadish Palaniswamy.

The film was launched under on August 2019, whereas principal photography commenced on October 2019 and ended on February 2020.

Filming took place at Delhi, Chennai and Karnataka.

Originally launched under the tentative title Thalapathy 64, the official title Master was announced on 31 December 2019.

The music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, while cinematography and editing are performed by Sathyan Sooryan and Philomin Raj respectively.

Master was initially planned for theatrical release on 9 April 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

The makers of the film preferred to wait for a theatrical release, despite the digital streaming rights being sold to Prime Video.

By the end of December 2020, the film was confirmed for theatrical release on 13 January 2021 along with its dubbed Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam versions.

The film's Hindi version titled Vijay The Master, will release on 14 January 2021.