Beast written and directed by Nelson and produced by Sun Pictures.

The film stars Vijay and Pooja Hegde, while Selvaraghavan, Yogi Babu and Redin Kingsley play supporting roles.

Beast revolves around an ex-RAW agent's crusade to rescue people held hostage in a shopping mall by terrorists.

The production rights of Vijay's 65th film as lead actor, which was tentatively titled Thalapathy 65, were acquired by Sun Pictures in early January 2020

With an official announcement during December 2020, the film began principal photography in April 2021, and wrapped that December.

On 10 December 2020, Sun Pictures announced that Thalapathy 65 will be directed by Nelson.

The music was composed by Anirudh, cinematography was handled by Manoj Paramahamsa, editing by R. Nirmal and production design supervised by D. R. K. Kiran, respectively.

The trailer of Beast was on 2 April 2022 and became the most viewed South Indian film trailer in 24 hours, with more than 30 million views.

Beast was released in theatres on 13 April 2022, in the week of Puthandu. Apart from Tamil, the film will have dubbed versions in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi, with the Hindi version titled Raw.