Mammootty, Masterpiece, Ajai Vasudev
Mammootty in Masterpiece movieMasterpiece/Facebook

Megastar Mammootty's most-anticipated Masterpiece has finally hit the theatres in Kerala as the first Christmas release of the year on Thursday, December 21. With no biggies locking horns against the campus action thriller, the film has opened to houseful shows all over the state on the opening day itself.

In the Ajai Vasudev directorial, Mammootty portrays the role of strict English professor Edward Livingstone aka Eddy at a college in Kerala. The stylish avatar of the megastar in the promo videos has already impressed the audience who have high expectations from the flick.

Watch Mammootty's Masterpiece teaser

Masterpiece also has Unni Mukundan, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Mukesh, Poonam Bajwa, Gokul Suresh, Maqbool Salmaan, Santhosh Pandit and Lena, among many others in significant roles.

Read more: This is how netizens reacted to Santhosh Pandit teaming up with Mammootty

Deepak Dev has composed music for the action entertainer, which is scripted by Uday Krishna and captured by Vinod Illampally. CH Muhammed has bankrolled the project under the banner of Royal Cinemas.

Also check: This is Mammootty's look in the Ajai Vasudev movie [PHOTOS]

Special Lady fans show

Special fans shows have been arranged across the state and interestingly, for the first time in the history of Malayalam cinema, a premiere show exclusively for lady fans of Mammootty was screened at Chengannur. The photos from the theatre have been doing the rounds on social media.

Check out live audience response to Masterpiece movie here:

VinayAk A‏ 

#Masterpiece Average First Followed by Good Second Half And ClimaxWell made Entertainer from #AjayVasudev Action @mammukka #UnniMukundan . 1st Half - A decent first half which changes into full gear once @mammukka arrives Interval Punch is swashbuckling

Gokul B Nair‏ 

#Masterpiece simple predictable Average thriller songs & VFX #mammokka look

Arjun Anand E

#Masterpiece - Watchable flick filled with Powerpacked Action & Some stylish scenes of Megastar ! Ajai Vasudev's best for sure. BGM Was a big let down, Out of 5 Songs 3 are good... As a thriller very poor script. Climax Twist for the fans, good one2.75/5

klm‏ 

#masterpiece biggest let down is fights/ over build up to hero and hero is fighting like a 5 yr boy- those who see minimum 10 action scenes will laugh at many parts-- suspense is clearly predictable-hope mammootty fans make it hit-

Muhammad Adhil‏ 

Apart from the poor comedy track involving Pavanaazhi and the green mat climax #Masterpiece works as a masala entertainer.@mammukka rockedddd As a fan boy its nothing less than a treat once @mammukka steps in #Masterpiece

Tweeper‏

Pathetic first half. Hope second half will have some grip. We need good movies not stardom movies. #Masterpiece. Better second half but overall a useless mass movie. Same old stuff. Once again same pattern movies from Mammootty. Need to forget the fans and should start doing good movies. Its ok to do odd mass movie like Big B2 but this is very sad.

Misfit

#Masterpiece 1st half Usual two rival college gangs Murder Hero entry n damar padar Started ok but then t bore began..mammotty entry comes aftr an hour..his Dialogues Couple of mass shots here n der. Nothing much to say Amateur writing Mammotty looks smart Poonam Bajwa beauty (but no screen space) 2.25/5 Ending is a positive May work with mass audiences

Abid

Comparing to first half, second half was good. #Mammookka - as always the EVER stylish n mass . On the whole it satisfied me and I liked it ! #Masterpiece

Malayalam box office‏

#MasterPiece Decent 1st Half & Superb 2nd Half Climax Perfect mix of suspense and mass works out well #UnniMukundan #Mammukka terrific in fights Well done #AjayVasudev 3/5

Friday Matinee‏ 

#Masterpiece - A terrific second half @mammukka is extravagant Career Best performance from Unni Mukundan! Direction is another positive as he was able to make people engaged throughout Time to CELEBRATE for @mammukka fans

Rinoy David‏ 

#Masterpiece 1st half abv avg Ikka's heavy intro aftr 40mins Interval fight Ikka Powlii. 2nd half is good with Twists. Mass Audience will like it. Rating 3.5/5 Expecting good fig on day 1 #MasterOfMasses #Masterpiece #Mammootty #Mammukka

Forum Reelz‏

Second Half Update
Right Mix of Mass & Suspense
Unni Mukundan
#Masterpiece

#Masterpiece Abv Avg First Half Good Sec Half Last 25 mins Stunts @mammukka Swag

Rahul

#Masterpiece
A typical telugu kinda movie
Flying villains , over action hero !!
While other industry trying hard to give quality stuff , #mollywood going backwards !!
Masterpiece a pathetic piece

Aswin‏ 

#MasterPiece Interval Mammookka BGM Predictable 1st half but entertaining